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Boz  Scaggs  has  a rocking  new  single  that’s  going 
to  break  him  out  all  over  the  country.  It’s  called"Dinah  Flo 
A high-energy  song  that  more  than  lives  up  to  Boz's 
great  live  performances  and  all  his  ecstatic  reviews. 

Its  the  best  Boz  fLO"_ _ 

OM  COLUMN  KCOftDS 


II 


Vol.  XXXIV -Number  10/August  26,  1972 


Publication  Office/119  West  57th  Street,  New  York,  New  York  10019/Telephone:  JUdson  6-2640/Cable  Address  Cash  Box,  N.  Y. 


GEORGE  ALBERT 

President  and  Publisher 

MARTY  OSTROW 

Executive  Vice  President 

IRV  LICHTMAN 

Vice  President  and 
Editorial  Director 


CHRISTIE  BARTER 

West  Coast  Director 
Editorial 
ED  KELLEHER 
KENNY  KERNER 
ROBERT  ADELS 
MARK  PINES 


Internationalization ' 

Of  The  U.S.  Market 


RESEARCH 
MIKE  MARTUCCI 
Research  Director 
BOBBY  SIEGEL 


ADVERTISING 
STAN  SOIFER 
Advertising  Manager 

Account  Executives 
ED  ADLUM,  New  York 
WOODY  HARDING 
r Art  Director 


COIN  MACHINE  & VENDING 

ED  ADLUM 

General  Manager 
DON  DROSSELL 
CAMILLE  COMPASIO,  Chicago 


CIRCULATION 
THERESA  TORTOSA,  Mgr. 


HOLLYWOOD 

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Phone:  (213)  Hollywood  9-2966 


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U.S. A.  and  additional  offices. 

Copyright  © 1972  by  The  Cash  Box  Publishing  Co.,  Inc. 
All  rights  reserved.  Copyright  under  Universal  Copyright 
Convention. 


One  of  the  vital  changes  on  the 
music  scene  over  the  past  decade  or 
so  has  been  the  spread  of  the  music 
business  community  around  various 
parts  of  the  country  so  that  these 
areas  are  rightly  deemed  “centers  of 
music.”  With  particular  emphasis  on 
the  west  coast,  labels  themselves  have 
shifted  their  “base  of  operations.” 

Yet,  wherever  a “base  of  opera- 
tions” may  be  situated,  the  industry 
has  seen  the  dire  necessity  of  contin- 
ual personal  contact  by  top  echelon 
executives  into  all  the  various  “cen- 
ters of  music.”  In  other  words,  as  the 
music  industry  has  become  decentral- 
ized, it  has  also  become  far  more 
mobile,  requiring  constant  contact 
with  all  musical  areas  that  contribute 
to  a company’s  creative  successes. 

This,  we  believe,  has  emerged  as 
a decided  asset  for  any  label  or  music 
publishing  operation  that  counts  on 
many  forms  of  music  for  its  output.  It 
means  that  all  who  hold  major  execu- 
tive positions  must,  by  necessity,  tra- 
vel continuously  to  all  sections  of  the 
country  to  make  certain  that  the  com- 
pany is  being  well  represented  in  these 
places.  While  this  used  to  be  a bur- 
den primarily  of  regional  sales  and 
promo  people,  awareness  of  all  key 
markets  and  their  music  is  now  a per- 
sonal endeavor  of  home-base  person- 
nel. This  can  only  contribute  to  a more 
well-rounded  picture  of  the  U.S.  mar- 
ket as  a whole  by  key  staffers,  who,  in 
days  gone  by,  could  settle  for  occa- 


sional forays  into  the  so-called  “hin- 
terlands.” There  are  very  few  “hinter- 
lands” in  the  music  business  today, 
whether  one  speaks  of  a source  of 
creativity  or  places  where  airplay  and 
market  potential  is  important. 

Also,  it  should  be  pointed  out,  de- 
velopments on  the  wholesale/retail 
level  have  created  more  mobile  needs. 
Key  rack  operations  are  not  necessari- 
ly located  in  the  most  populated  of 
cities.  Many  wholesalers  are  also  in- 
volved in  retail  chains,  with  stores 
situated  around  the  country. 

What  this  development  can  be  liken- 
ed to  is  the  “one  world  of  music” 
concept  that  really  took  hold  in  the 
early  60’s.  What  exec  of  any  conse- 
quence was  not  forced  to  make  visits 
abroad  to  find  out  what  this  interna- 
tionalization of  music  was  all  about? 

Interestingly,  it  is  on  our  own 
shores  that  a similar  situation  has 
come  about.  It  simply  means  that  it’s 
difficult  to  term  one’s  “headquarters” 
as  the  spot  where  everything  is  sup- 
posed to  happen,  to  which  is  to  flow 
by  some  magical  centralized  control 
everything  that’s  required  to  make  a 
successful  company.  For,  today,  a 
company’s  “base  of  operations”  in  the 
music  business  is  the  total  U.S.  mar- 
ket. It  should  mean  that  being  on-the- 
road  is  no  longer  the  province  of  cer- 
tain sections  of  a company,  but  all 
major  creative  and  administrative 
functions  as  well. 


1 

2 


ALONE  AGAIN  (NATURALLY) 

Gilbert  O’Stillivan-Mam  3619  (Dist:  London)  1 1 

BRANDY 

looking  Glass-Epic  10874  2 2 

I'M  STILL  m LOVE  WITH  YOU 

A!  Green-Hi  2216  (Dist:  London)  4 9 

LONG  COOL  WOMAN,  IN  A 
BLACK  DRESS 

Hollies-Eplc  10871  5 8 

IF  LOVING  YOU  IS  WRONG 

Luthur  Ingram-KoKo  2111  (Dlst:  Stax)  3 3 

HOLD  YOUR  HEAD  UP 

Argent-Epic  10852  10  14 

BACK  STABBERS 

O’Jays-Phll.  Int’l  3517  (Dist:  Epic)  19  24 

GOODBYE  TO  LOVE 

Carpenters-A&M  1367  12  17 

HAPPIEST  GIRL  IN  THE 
WHOLE  USA 

Donna  Fargo-Dot  17409  9 11 

YOU  DON’T  MESS  AROUND 
WITH  JIM 

Jim  Croce-ABC  11328  11  13 

ROCK  & ROLL  PART  2 

Gary  Glitter-Bell  237  17  22 

COCONUT 

Nilsson- RCA  0718  18  21 

BABY  DON’T  GET  HOOKED  ON  ME 

Mac  Davis-Columbla  45618  34  40 

HAPPY 

Rolling  Stones-Rolling  Stone  19104  15  18 

LOOKIN’  THROUGH  THE  WINDOW 

Jackson  5-Motown  1205  16  19 

SEALED  WITH  A KISS 

Bobby  Vinton-Epic  10861  14  16 

THE  GUITAR  MAN 

Bread-Elektra  45803  23  30 

BLACK  AND  WHITE 

3 Dog  Night-Dunhill  4317  25  48 

BABY  LET  ME  TAKE  YOU 
IN  MY  ARMS 

Detroit  Emeralds-Westbound  203  (Dist:  Janus)  20  20 

MOTORCYCLE  MAMA 

Sailcat-EIektra  45782  21  23 

POWER  OF  LOVE 

Joe  Simon-Spring  128  27  32 

DADDY  DON’T  YOU  WALK 
SO  FAST 

Wayne  Newton-Chelsea  100  (Dist:  RCA)  7 4 

SCHOOL’S  OUT 

Alice  Cooper-Warner  Bros.  6 6 

BEAUTIFUL  SUNDAY 

Daniel  Boone-Mercury  73281  29  34 

BREAKING  UP  IS  HARD  TO  DO 

Partridge  Family-Bell  235  26  29 

RUN  TO  ME 

Bee  Gees-Atco  6869  32  42 

SATURDAY  IN  THE  PARK 

Chicago-Columbia  45657  37  45 

YOU’RE  STILL  A YOUNG  MAN 

Tower  Of  Power-W.B.  7612  33  38 

JOIN  TOGETHER 

The  Who-Decca  32983  35  39 

SMALL  BEGINNINGS 

Fiash-Capitol  334  31  35 

POP  THAT  THANG 

Isley  Bros.-T-Neck  935  (Dist:  Buddah)  36  37 

EVERYBODY  PLAYS  THE  FOOL 

Main  Ingredient-RCA  0731  48  54 

GO  ALL  THE  WAY 

Raspberrles-Capitol  3348  38  43 


59 

60 

• 

62 

63 

64 

• 

66 

67 

• 


GOOD  FOOT— PART  1 


James  Brown-Polydor  14139 

HONKY  CAT 

44 

49 

Elton  John-Uni  55343 

POPCORN 

46 

60 

Hot  Butter-Musicor  1458 

WHEN  YOU  SAY  LOVE 

42 

47 

Sonny  & Cher-Kapp  2176 

THIS  WORLD 

30 

31 

Staple  Singers-Stax  137 

PLAY  ME 

45 

51 

Neil  Diamond-Uni  55346  49 

PUT  IT  WHERE  YOU  WANT  IT 

61 

Crusaders-Blue  Thumb  208  (Dist:  Paramount) 

STARTING  ALL  OVER  AGAIN 

41 

44 

Mel  & Tim-Stax  127 

HOW  DO  YOU  DO? 

43 

46 

Mouth  8 MacNeal-Phlllips  40715 

SPEAK  TO  THE  SKY 

8 

5 

Rick  Springfield-Capitol  3340 

BEN 

54 

70 

Michael  Jackson-Motown  1207 

DING-A-LING 

55 

65 

Chuck  Berry-Chess  2131 

I MISS  YOU 

53 

62 

Harold  Melvin  8 Rlue  Notes-Phil.  Int’i  3516 

(Dist: 

MY  MAN,  A SWEET  MAN 

40 

Epic) 

41 

Millie  Jackson-Spring  127  (Dist:  Polydor) 

WHERE  IS  THE  LOVE 

51 

55 

Roberta  Flack  8 Donny  Hathaway-Atlantic  2879 

EASY  LIVIN’ 

13 

7 

Uriah  Heep-Mercury  73307 

LEAN  ON  ME 

57 

64 

Bill  Withers-Sussex  239  (Dist:  Buddah) 

1 BELIEVE  IN  MUSIC 

28 

25 

Gallery-Sussex  239  (Dist:  Buddah) 

ROCK  ME  ON  THE  WATER 

59 

67 

Jackson  Browne-Asylum  11006  (Dist:  Atlantic) 

AMERICA 

61 

69 

Yes-Atlantic  2899 

WHOLY  HOLY 

62 

71 

Aretha  Franklin-Atlantic  2901 

LOVE  SONG 

58 

66 

Tommy  James-Roulette  7130 

BURNING  LOVE 

60 

63 

Elvis  Presley-RCA  0769 

ZING  WENT  THE  STRINGS 
OF  MY  HEART 

71 

Trammps-Buddah  306 

CITY  OF  NEW  ORI  EANS 

56 

59 

Arlo  Guthrie-Reprlse  1103 

IF  YOU  LEAVE  ME 
TONIGHT  I’LL  CRY 

70 

79 

Jerry  Wallace-Decca  32989 

WHY 

63 

68 

Donny  Osmond-MGM  14424 

YOU  WEAR  IT  WELL 

64 

74 

Rod  Stewart-Mercury  73330 

A SIMPLE  MAN 

72 

— 

Lobo-BIg  Tree  141  (Dist:  Bell) 

DAY  BY  DAY 

52 

53 

Godspell-Bell  210 

IN  THE  QUIET  MORNING 

22 

10 

Joan  Baez-ASM  1362 

GERONIMO’S  CADILLAC 

67 

72 

Michael  Murphey-ASM  1368 

THINK  (ABOUT  IT) 

76 

86 

Lyn  Collins-People  608 

CLOSE  TO  YOU 

68 

76 

Jerry  Butler  8 Brenda  Lee  Eager-Mercury  77301 

NIGHTS  IN  WHITE  SATIN 

69 

78 

Moody  Blues-Deram  85023  (Dist:  London) 

78 

88 

84 

— 

73 

)W 

75 

24 

12 

86 

— 

74 

77 

75 

80 

87 

98 

79 

83 

47 

36 

88 

— 

80 

81 

82 

84 

90 

100 

83 

85 

85 

89 

FREDDIE’S  DEAD 

Curtis  Mayfield-Curtom  1975  (Dist:  Buddah) 

70  DOWN  BY  THE  RIVER 

Albert  Hammond-Mums  6009  (Dist:  Epic) 

71  TOO  LATE  TO  TURN  BACK  t 

Cornelius  Brother  & Sister  Rose-U.A.  50910 

72  USE  ME 

Bill  Withers-Sussex  241  (Dist:  Buddah) 

73  DON’T  TAKE  MY  KINDNESS 
FOR  WEAKNESS 

Soul  Chlldren-Stax  132 

74  TOAST  TO  THE  FOOL 

Dramatics-Volt  4082 

75  GARDEN  PARTY 

Rick  Neison-Decca  32980 

76  YOUR  WONDERFUL  SWEET 
SWEET  LOVE 

Supremes- Motown  1206 

77  IN  THE  GHETTO 

Candi  Staton-Fame  9100  (Dist:  U.A.) 

TIGHT  ROPE 

Leon  Russeil-Shelter  7825 

SLIPPIN’  INTO  DARKNESS 

Ramsey  Lewis-Columbia  45634 

SUMMER  SUN 

Jamestown  Massacre-WB  7603 

A PIECE  OF  PAPER 

Gladstone-ABC  11327 

ALABAMA  WILD  MAN 

Jerry  Reed-RCA  0738 

WHATEVER  TURNS  YOU  ON 

Travis  Wammock-Fame  91001  (Dist:  U.A.) 

SWEET  CAROMNE 

Bobby  Womack  & Peace-United  Artists  50946  — — 

GOOD  TIME  CHARLIE’S 
GOT  THE  Bl  UES 

Danny  O’Keefe-Slgnpost  70006  (Dist:  Atlantic)  — — 

JACKIE  WILSON  SAID 

Van  Morrison-Warner  Bros.  7616  99  — 

87  IN  TIME 

^^Engelbert  Humperdinck-Parrot  40071  (Dist:  London)  91  92 

FROM  THE  BEGINNING 

Emerson,  Lake  & Palmer-Cotillion  44158  — — 

89  HOW  COULD  I LET  YOU 

GET  AWAY 

Spinners-Atlantic  2904  92  93 

90  LOVING  YOU  JUST  CROSSED 
MY  MIND 

Sam  Neely-Capitol  3381  94  97 

91  (IT’S  THE  WAY)  NATURE 
PLANNED  IT 

4 Tops-Motown  1200  — — 

92  I COULD  NEVER  BE  SO  HAPPY 

Emotlons-Volt  4085  95  96 

93  BEAT  ME  DADDY  EIGHT  TO 
THE  BAR 

Commander  Cody- Para  mount  0169  93  95 

94  GUESS  WHO 

B.  B.  King-ABC  11330  — — 

95  A SUNDAY  KIND  OF  LOVE 

Lenny  Welch-Atco  6894  97  — 

96  I CAN  SEE  CLEARLY  NOW 

Johnny  Nash-Epic  10902  — • — 

97  FEEL  ALRIGHT 

Cargoe-Ardent  (Dist:  Stax)  98  — 

98  ONLY  LOVE  CAN  BREAK  A HEART 

Jackie  DeShannon-Atlantic  2871  — — 

99  WITCHY  WOMAN 

Eagles-Asylum  11008  (Dist:  Atlantic)  — — 

100  DEDICATED  TO  THE  ONE  I LOVE 

Temprees-We  Produce  1808  (Dist:  Stax)  — — 


_ _ ALPHABETIZED  TOP  100  (INCLUDING  PUBLISHERS  AND  LICENSEES) 


A Piece  Of  Paper  (Sunnybrook/4  Star — BMI)  ....  81 

A Simple  Man  (Kaiser/ Famous — ASCAP)  62 

A Sunday  Kind  Of  Love  (Leeds— ASCAP)  95 

Alabama  Wild  Man  (Vector — BMi)  82 

Alone  Again  (M.A.M. — ASCAP)  1 

America  (Charing  Cross — BMI)  53 

Baby  Don’t  Get  (Screen  Gems/Columbia — BMI)  13 

Baby  Let  Me  Take  You  (Bridgeport— BMI) 19 

Back  Stabbers  (Assorted — BMI)  7 

Beat  Me  Daddy  (MCA — ASCAP)  93 

Beautiful  Sunday  (Page  Full  of  Hits — ASCAP)  24 

Ben  (Jobete — ASCAP)  44 

Black  & White  (Templeton — ASCAP)  18 

Brandy  (Spruce  Run/Chappei— ASCAP)  2 

Breaking  Up  Is  (Screen  Gems — Columbia — BMI)  25 

Burning  Love  (Combine — B.M!)  56 

City  Of  New  Orleans  (Kama  Rippa/Flash 

Turnpike — ASCAP)  58 

Close  To  You  (U.S.  Songs/ Blue  Seas— ASCAP)  67 

Coconut  12 

Daddy  Don’t  You  (Jewel — ASCAP)  22 

Day  By  Day  (Valando/New  Cadenza — ASCAP)  ....  63 
Dedicated  To  The  One  I Love  (Trusdale — BMI)  100 

Ding-A-Ling  (Isalee — BMI)  45 

Don’t  Take  My  Kindness  For  Weakness  (East 

Memphis — BMI)  73 

Down  By  The  River  (Landers/ Roberts — -ASCAP)  70 
Easy  Livin’  (W.8. — ASCAP)  49 


Everybody  Plays  (Giant — BMI)  32 

Feel  Alright  (Koa la / Bi rdess — ASCAP)  97 

Freddie’s  Dead  (Curtom — BMI)  69 

From  The  Beginning  (Tro  Total — BMI)  88 

Garden  Party  (Matragun — BMI)  75 

Geronimo’s  Cadillac  (Mysterion — BMI)  65 

Go  All  The  Way  (C.A.M.-U.S.A. — BMI)  33 

Goodbye  To  Love  (Almo/Hammer  & Nails 

—ASCAP)  8 

Good  Foot — Part  I (Dynatone/ Belinda/ 

Unichappel)  34 

Good  Time  Charley’s  (Cotillion  Road  Canon 

—BMI)  85 

Guess  Who  (Michele — BMI)  94 

Happiest  Girl  (Prima  Donna/Algee — BMI)  9 

Happy  (Promo — ASCAP)  14 

Hold  Your  Head  Up  (Mainstay — BMI)  6 

Honky  Cat  (Dick  James — BMI)  35 

How  Could  I Let  (Bellboy — BMI)  89 

How  Do  You  Do  (W.B. — ASCAP)  42 

I Believe  In  Music  (Screen  Gem/Col. — BMI)  ....  51 

I Can  See  Clearly  Now  (Caymen — ASCAP)  96 

1 Could  Never  Be  So  Happy  (East  Memphis 

—BMI)  92 

I Miss  You  (Assorted — BMI)  46 

If  Loving  You  (East  Memphis/Klondike — BMI)  5 

If  You  Leave  Me  Tonight  I’ll  Cry  (Leeds — 

ASCAP)  59 

I’m  Still  In  Love  (J EC— BMI)  3 


In  The  Ghetto  (Screen  Gems/Elvis  Presley 

—BMI)  77 

In  The  Quiet  Mornin’  (Almo/Chanclos — ASCAP)  64 

In  Time  (C.A.M.— USA— BMI)  87 

(It’s  The  Way)  (Jobete/Stone  Agate — BMI)  91 

Jackie  Wilson  Said  (Caladonia  Soul/W.B. — 

ASCAP)  86 

Join  Together  (Track — BMI)  29 

Lean  On  Me  (Interior — BMI)  50 

Long  Cool  Woman  (Yellow  Dog — ASCAP)  4 

Lookin’  Through  The  Window  (Jobete — ASCAP)  15 

Love  Song  (Mandan — BMI)  55 

Loving  You  Just  Crossed  (Seven  Iron — BMI)  ....  90 

Motorcycle  Mama  (Singing  Wire — BMI)  20 

My  Man,  A Sweet  Man  (Gaucho/Belinda/ 

Unichappel)  47 

Nights  In  White  Satin  (Tyler — Essex  ASCAP)  ....  68 

Only  Love  Can  Break  (Cotillion/Broken  Arrow 

—BMI)  98 

Play  Me  (Prophet — ASCAP)  39 

Pop  That  Thang  (Triple  Three/Eden — BMI)  31 

Popcorn  (Bourne — ASCAP)  36 

Power  Of  Love  (Belinda/Unichappel — BMI)  21 

Put  It  Where  (Four  Knights — BMI)  40 

Rock  & Roll  Part  2 (Dutchess — ASCAP)  11 

Rock  Me  On  The  Water  (Benchmarked — ASCAP)  52 
Run  To  Me  (Casserole — BMI/W.B. — ASCAP)  ....  26 

Saturday  In  The  Park  (Big  Elk — ASCAP)  27 


Schools  Out  (In  Litigation)  23 

Sealed  With  A Kiss  (Post— ASCAP)  16 

Slippin’  Into  Darkness  (Farout — ASCAP)  79 

Small  Beginnings  (Col-Gems — ASCAP)  30 

Speak  To  The  Sky  (Porter/ Binder)  43 

Starting  All  Over  (Mushle  Shoals  Sound — BMI)  41 

Summer  Sun  (Nine  Mile — BMI)  80 

Sweet  Caroline  (Stonebridge — ASCAP — Prophet)  84 

The  Guitar  Man  17 

Think  (Dynatone/Belinda/Unichappel — BMI)  ....  66 

This  World  (Sunbeam — BMI)  38 

Tight  Rope  (Skyhill — BMI)  78 

Toast  To  The  Fool  (Conquistador — ASCAP  & 

Groovesville — BMI)  74 

Too  Late  To  Turn  Back  (Unart/Stagedoor — BMI)  71 

Use  Me  (Interior — BMI)  72 

Whatever  Turns  You  On  (Fame — BMI)  83 

Where  Is  The  Love  (Antisia — ASCAP)  48 

Wholy  Holy  (Jobete — ASCAP)  54 

Why  (Deb  Moore — ASCAP)  60 

Witchy  Woman  (Kicking  Bear/ Benchmark — 

ASCAP)  99 

You  Don’t  Mess  (Blending  Well/Wingate — BMI)  10 
You  Wear  It  Weil  (Three  Bridges/H.G. — ASCAP)  61 

Your  Wonderful  Sweet  (Jobete — ASCAP)  76 

You’re  Still  A Young  Man  (Kuptillo — ASCAP)  ....  28 

Zing  Went  (W.B.— ASCAP)  57 


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the  Patent  and  Trademark  Office  of  the  following  countries: 


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have  been  granted  with  respect  to  a new  personal  appearance 
tour  by  Grand  Funk  Railroad  and  all  persons  who  use  or  who 
cooperate  in  the  use  of  the  name  "GRAND  FUNK"  or  the  name 
"GRAND  FUNK  RAILROAD"  without  the  express  written  consent  of 
GFR  Enterprises,  Ltd.,  will  be  held  responsible  for  all  such 
violations  in  accordance  with  the  Law  of  the  country  of  their 
occurrence . 


Stewart's  10th  Yr  At  UA: 
A Celebration  Of  Hits 


HOLLYWOOD  — Mike  Stewart  is 
celebrating  his  10th  year  in  various 
capacities  at  United  Artists  Corp.,  a 
year  in  which  the  record  division  has 


Stewart 


FRONT  COVER: 


The  success  story  of  the  Cornelius 
Brothers  and  Sister  Rose  is  a simple 
one.  The  UA  act  has  only  two  singles 
to  its  credit,  and  both  of  them  made  it 
to  No.  1 on  the  Top  100  chart.  With  a 
track  record  like  that,  and  an  LP 
marching  right  up  the  Top  100  album 
chart  as  well,  they  are  undoubtedly 
one  of  the  nation’s  hottest  acts.  They 
are  presently  appearing  in  major 
showcases  across  the  country  with 
some  of  the  industry’s  top  stars. 

This  month  alone,  the  Cornelius 
Brothers  and  Sister  'Rose  shared  bill- 
ing with  James  Brown  in  Augusta 
(11)  and  just  completed  a two-day 
gig  with  Moms  Mabley  and  the 
Kennedy  Center  in  Washington 
(19-20). 

Upcoming,  a week  at  Paul’s  Mall  in 
Boston,  and  an  engagement  at  New 
York’s  venerable  Apollo  Theatre. 

The  Cornelius  Brothers  and  Sister 
Rose  have  their  third  single  on  the 
street  this  week,  “Don’t  Ever  Be 
Lonely  (Poor  Little  Fool  Like  Me).” 
As  with  their  two  previous  chart  top- 
pers, this  one  is  produced  and  engi- 
neered. by  Bob  Archibald,  at  his  Music 
Factory  studio  in  Miami.  The  group, 
itself,  bases  just  outside  of  town,  in 
Dania,  Florida. 


INDEX 

Album  Review  38,40 

Coin  Machine  Section  50-54 

Country  Music  Section  43-47 

Insight  & Sound  36,40 

Looking  Ahead  12 

New  Additions  To  Playlist  ....  16 

Radio  Active  Chart 12 

Radio  News  Report 14 

R&B  Top  60  34 

Single  Reviews  18 

Talent  On  Stage  22 

Top  100  Albums  33 

Vital  Statistics  41 


been  on  a hot  streak. 

For  the  past  18  months,  in  fact,  the 
label  has  generated  strong  sales  on 
such  acts  as  Don  McClean,  Ike  & Tina 
Turner,  Cornelius  Brothers  & Sister 
Rose,  War,  and  Bobby  Womack.  Also, 
the  label’s  recent  tie-in  with  Rick 
Hall’s  Fame  label  produced  a success 
with  the  first  release  under  the  pact, 
Dakota  Staton’s  “In  The  Ghetto.” 

Stewart,  associated  with  UA  since 
1962,  is  presently  president  of  United 
Artists  Records,  Inc.  (since  April, 
1971),  chairman  of  the  board  of 
United  Artists  Music  Group  (since 
Dec.,  1971)  and  vice  president  (since 
June,  1968)  of  the  United  Artists 
Corp.,  the  film  division.  Interestingly, 
Stewart  served  UA  without  a contract 
until  the  company’s  merger  with 
Transamerica  in  1968. 

While  his  responsibilities  now  cover 
both  the  UA  label  and  music  publish-  j 
ing  divisions,  Stewart’s  tenure  at  UA 
has  witnessed  a number  of  shifts  be- 
tween the  two  divisions.  “There  are 
problems,”  he  explains,  “in  sorting 
the  chronology  of  my  work  here  at 
UA.  I always  seemed  to  have  more 
than  one  thing  going  at  a time.  I 
have  always  had  a lot  of  energy,  and 
things  just  sort  of  overlapped  as  a 
result.” 

As  a record  man,  Stewart  sums  up 
his  success  with  this  comment:  “I  j 
never  hyped — always  leveled,  told  ’em 
what’s  happening  before  it  happened. 
But  I never  lied,  and  I never  asked  a 
guy  to  commit  himself  unless  I,  too, 
believed  in  what  I was  asking.” 

Theatre  Owner 

Stewart’s  entry  into  the  entertain- 
ment business  began  as  a producer 
and  owner  of  48  legit  theatres  right 
after  World  War  2.  He  started  by 
borrowing  $500  from  his  father  and 
buying  the  option  of  Baltimore’s 
(Cont'd  on  p.  20) 


Knight  Wins 
Attachment  Of 
$1  Mil  In  NY 

NEW  YORK  — At  a Special  Term  of 
the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State  of 
New  York  on  Aug.  3,  the  Honorable 
Harry  B.  Frank  granted  Terry  Knight 
an  Order  of  Attachment  in  the 
amount  of  $1  million  against  Donald 
Brewer,  Mark  Famer  and  Melvin 
Schacher,  members  of  Grand  Funk 
Railroad. 

The  order  stated  that  “a  cause  of 
action  for  a money  judgement  exists 
in  favor  of  the  nlaintiff  [Knight]  and 
against  said  defendants  for  a sum  in 
excess  of  the  amount  sought  to  be 
attached  which  is  $1,000,000.00  . . .”. 

Justice  Frank  ordered  “that  the 
Sheriff  of  the  City  of  New  York  or 
the  Sheriff  of  any  County  of  the  State 
of  New  York,  levy  . . . upon  such 
property  in  which  the  said  defendants 
have  an  interest  and  upon  such  debts 
owing  to  said  defendants  as  will  sat- 
isfy the  plaintiff’s  demand  of  $1,000,- 
000.00  . . . together  with  interest, 
sheriff’s  fees  and  expenses  . . .”. 

Firms  Attached 

According  to  Knight,  the  attach- 
ment was  served  against,  among  oth- 
ers, Capitol  Records,  Creative  Man- 
agement Associates,  Eastman  & East- 
man, Madison  Square  Garden  and  the 
Nassau  Coliseum,  all  doing  business 
in  New  York  State.  Any  and  all 
monies  earned  by  Grand  Funk  Rail- 
road in  New  York  or  held  for  the 
group  in  New  York  by  a company  or 
individual  are  involved. 

The  Attachment  Order  marked  the 
second  straight  motion  Knight  has 
been  granted  when  the  Supreme 
Court  had  earlier  disqualified  John 
Eastman  and  the  law  firm  of  Eastman 
& Eastman  from  representing  the 
members  of  Grand  Funk  Railroad  as 
attorneys  in  the  lawsuits  brought  by 
Knight  against  the  members  of  the 
group  and  Eastman  and  his  law  firm. 


1st  Recording  Copyright 
Arrest  By  FBI  In  Alabama 


NEW  YORK — The  first  arrest  under 
the  amendment  to  the  Copyright  Law 
granting  a copyright  to  recordings 
took  place  in  Birmingham,  Ala.  last 
week  when  agents  of  the  Federal 
Bureau  of  Investigation  (FBI)  ar- 
rested a man  on  charges  of  infringe- 
ment on  a copyrighted  work  “will- 
fully and  for  profit.” 

Walter  Ronald  Matthews,  also 
known  as  Tom  Anderson,  who  resides 
in  a suburb  of  Atlanta,  was  charged 
with  illegally  duplicating  a top  10 
album,  “Still  Bill”  by  Bill  Withers 
on  the  Sussex  label,  distributed  by 
Buddah  Records. 

In  U.  S.  District  Court,  Federal 
attorney  Charles  Panell  said  that 
Matthews  sought  to  have  masters  and 
stampers  for  recordings  made  from 
a reel-to-reel  tape  by  a firm  located 
in  Marietta,  Ga.  Metal  parts  were 
also  seized  by  the  FBI. 

Matthews  was  arraigned  before  a 
Magistrate  in  Birmingham,  and  waiv- 
ed a preliminary  hearing.  He  was  re- 
leased on  $2500  bond. 

Pickwick  Bows 
Economy-Priced 
Soul  Mkt  Label 

WOODBURY,  N.Y.  — Pickwick  Inter- 
national, Inc.  (USA)  has  established 
what  it  believes  to  be  the  first  econo- 
my-priced soul  label,  Harlem  Hit  Par- 
ade, and  has  named  Joe  Kennedy  as 
general  manager  of  the  label. 

Initial  product  package  from  Har- 
lem Hit  Parade  contains  12  albums 
featuring  soul  of  the  1950’s,  jazz, 
gospel  and  blues  in  the  original  per- 
formances by  the  top  stars  of  black 
music.  Included  in  the  group  are 
“Funky  Fifties,”  “R  & B Hitmakers,” 
“R  & B Superstars,”  each  album 
featuring  ten  artists;  individual  LP’s 
by  the  Five  Keys,  Fats  Domino, 
Ravens,  Harptones,  King  Curtis  and 
four  gospel  albums  by  The  Staple 
Singers,  Swan  Silvertones,  Rev. 
James  Cleveland  & The  Cleveland 
Singers  and  The  Gospel  Harmonettes. 
An  additional  twelve  are  now  in 
preparation. 

Harlem  Hit  Parade  will  be  exclu- 
sively distributed  through  black  one- 
stops  in  major  cities,  keying  the 
sales,  marketing  and  merchandising 
program  for  the  label  in  urban  areas. 

Joe  Kennedy  is  a former  personal 
manager  for  many  soul  acts  as  well 
as  a record  producer  and  concert  pro- 
moter. He  was  road  manager  for 
Lloyd  Price  and  The  Chiffons. 

In  making  the  announcement,  Ira 
(Cont’d  on  p.  20) 

At  WC,  Music 
Is  Key  Factor 
In  Co.  Income 

NEW  YORK  — How  important  is  the 
music  division  of  Warners  Communi- 
cations, Inc.  to  the  overall  financial 
picture  of  the  company?  Very.  In  a 
recent  interview  in  the  New  York 
Times  with  Steven  J.  Ross,  recently 
named  chairman  of  the  board,  these 
figures  were  disclosed: 

The  Warner-Elektra-Atlantic  labels 
and  Warner  Bros.  Music  account  for 
44%  of  the  revenues  and  66%  of  the 
income  at  the  conglomerate.  With 
1971  sales  at  $373,840,000,  this  puts 
the  music  division’s  volume  at  over 
$160  million. 

In  comparison,  Warner  Bros.  Pic- 
tures contributes  33%  of  sales  and 
14%  of  income. 

Speaking  about  the  entry  of  WC, 
formerly  known  as  Kinney  Services, 
into  the  movie  business,  Ross  ob- 
served: “We  wouldn’t  have  gone  into 
the  movie  business  without  the  record 
business.”  Ross  said  he  engineered  the 
deal  with  a new  Series  C convertible 
preferred  stock  callable  in  10  years. 


After  years  of  music  industry  ef- 
forts, President  Nixon  signed  into 
law  last  Oct.  15  an  amendment  to  the 
Copyright  Law  granting  a limited 
copyright  on  recordings.  The  amend- 
ment took  effect  on  Feb.  15  to  allow 
the  Government  to  set  up  machinery 
to  receive  copyrights.  All  product 
made  before  Feb.  15  was  not  covered 
by  the  amendment. 

Gortikov: 

More  Govt.  Punch 
Against  Pirates 

SAN  FRANCISCO  — The  Justice  De- 
partment and  the  Federal  Bureau  of 
Investigation  are  expected  to  become 
increasingly  involved  in  investiga- 
tions and  prosecutions  of  tape  pi- 
rates, Stan  Gortikov,  president  of  the 
Recording  Industry  Association  of 
America,  told  the  copyright  division 
of  the  American  Bar  Association  here 
last  week  (15). 

Gortikov  told  the  lawyer’s  group 
the  industry  expects  to  “depend  on 
Federal  law  enforcement — the  FBI 
and  Justice  Department — to  spear- 
head investigative  efforts.”  These 
agencies,  he  said,  are  becoming  in- 
volved more  and  more,  intrigued  by 
the  enticement  to  tape  piracy  of  orga- 
nized crime. 

More  State  Action 

Moreover,  Gortikov  said  the  re- 
cording industry  hopes  to  secure  addi- 
tional state  anti-piracy  laws  “to 
broaden  and  reinforce  the  involve- 
ment of  local  law  enforcement  agen- 
cies, particularly  in  the  interests  of 
(Cont’d  on  p.  20) 

Senate  OK’s 
UCC  Revision 

NEW  YORK  — The  Senate  approved 
last  Mon.  (14)  the  Paris  Act  revising 
the  Universal  Copyright  Convention 
by  a vote  of  66  to  0. 

The  Revision  will  come  into  effect 
three  months  after  the  deposit  of  12 
instruments  of  ratification,  acceptance 
or  accession. 

The  Paris  Act  revising  the  Berne 
Convention  will  come  into  effect  both 
as  to  its  substantive  provisions  and 
the  Appendix  relative  to  developing 
countries  after  ratification  by  five 
countries  and  ratification  of  the  UCC 
Revision  by  France,  Spain,  the  United 
Kingdom  and  the  United  States.  The 
United  Kingdom  has  already  ratified 
the  UCC. 

NBC  Rights  To 
‘Fair  Lady’  Pic 

NEW  YORK — NBC  has  obtained  TV 
rights  to  televise  the  screen  version  of 
“My  Fair  Lady”  for  $3  million.  The 
station  did  not  specify  when  the  film 
would  be  aired,  but  its  rights  to  the 
film  take  effect  for  the  upcoming  new 
season.  Warner  Bros,  distributed  the 
film,  which  led  to  another  sales 
bonanza  for  Columbia  Records,  which 
marketed  both  the  original  cast  and 
soundtrack  albums. 


Threshold  Shops 
In  UK 


Playboy  Int’l  Deals 
See  Int’l  News 


Cash  Box  — August  26,  1972 


Company  Financial  Reports: 


Schwartz  Bros. 

6 Mos,  2nd  Qtri 
Sales  Up,  Profits  Down 

WASHINGTON,  D.C.  — Schwartz 
Brothers,  Inc.,  has  reported  that  sales 
for  the  six  months  ended  June  30 
were  $8,607,886  against  $8,452,175  a 
year  earlier,  while  net  income  was 
$119,200  or  164  per  share  compared 
with  $154,341  or  20<j  per  share  for 
the  first  half  of  1971. 

For  the  second  quarter,  net  income 
was  $31,777  or  4 4 per  share  on  sales 
of  $3,869,011  compared  with  $65,248 
or  8<f  per  share  on  sales  of  $4,245,080 
in  the  same  period  last  year. 

The  company,  a specialist  in  music 
marketing,  pointed  out  that  the  sec- 
ond quarter  ending  June  30  is  tradi- 
tionally the  slowest  period  of  the 
year  in  the  industry.  Jim  Schwartz, 
president  of  Schwartz  Brothers,  noted 
that  lower  sales  and  profit  margins 
related  to  distribution  affected  earn- 
ings during  the  second  qaurter.  How- 
ever, he  said  that  profit  margins  in 
the  second  half  are  expected  to  be 
higher  than  the  first  half  as  the  com-  I 
pany’s  Harmony  Hut  stores  become 
an  increasingly  important  factor  in 
Schwartz  Brothers’  profit  per- 
formance. 

Harmony  Hut 

The  Harmony  Hut  operation  is 
being  expanded  rapidly  with  three 
new  music  stores  opening  in  August. 
Last  week  (16),  the  largest  and  most 
complete  music  store  in  Virginia  will 
open  in  the  Cloverleaf  Mall' in  Rich- 
mond. The  75  store  shopping  center  is 
the  largest  enclosed  shopping  mall  in 
Richmond,  Va. 

The  following  day,  a 4,000  square 
foot  Harmony  Hut  opened  in  the 
Manassas  Mall  Shopping  Center  in 
Manassas,  Va.,  the  first  enclosed 
shopping  mall  in  that  area.  This  new 
store  will  replace  a smaller  unit  in  a 
nearby  shopping  center. 

During  the  first  week  in  August, 
Schwartz  Brothers  opened  its  first 
store  in  Pennyslvania,  a new  Harmo- 
ny Hut  in  Lancaster’s  Park  City  Mall. 
With  parking  for  9,000  cars,  this  mall 
is  one  of  the  largest  shopping  centers 
in  the  country. 

Including  these  stores,  there  are 
now  eight  Harmony  Huts  ranging  in 
size  from  500  to  12,500  square  feet  in 
New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  Maryland 
and  Virginia.  A 6,500  square  foot  unit 
is  slated  to  open  in  Baltimore’s  Secu- 
rity Square  Mall  by  Oct.  1 and  a 
replacement  store  five  times  the  size  of 
the  existing  one  in  College  Park,  Md. 
will  open  soon  thereafter.  As  a result 
of  new  stores  and  replacing  its  small- 
er stores  with  larger  units,  the  chain 
is  increasing  its  selling  space  by  75% 
this  year. 

Schwartz  Brothers,  Inc.  annual 
sales  have  increased  140%  from  $8,- 
260,121  to  $19,901,341  during  the  past 
five  years. 


CBS  Dividends 

NEW  YORK — The  CBS  board  of  di- 
rectors has  declared  a cash  dividend 
of  35 1 per  share  on  the  Company’s 
common  stock,  payable  Sept.  8 to 
shareholders  of  record  at  the  close 
of  business  on  Aug.  25. 

The  CBS  directors  also  declared  a 
cash  dividend  of  25 1 per  share  on 
CBS  preference  stock,  payable  Sept. 
30  to  shareholders  of  record  at  the 
close  of  business  on  Aug.  25. 


The  Rolling  Stones 
Part  Two 

See  Insight  & Sound 


ABKCO  Shows 
9 Mos.  Gains; 

3%  Stock  Div. 

NEW  YORK  — ABKCO  Industries 
has  announced  that  its  revenues  for 
the  nine  months  ended  June  30,  am- 
ounted to  $7,727,084  with  earnings  of 
$1,190,333  or  92c  per  share  as  com- 
pared to  revenues  of  $7,111,036  and 
earnings  of  $559,367  or  43c  per  share 
for  the  nine  months  ended  June  30, 
1971. 

ABKCO  Industries,  Inc.  has  de- 
clared a special  3%  stock  dividend  on 
shares  of  its  common  stock,  payable 
on  Sept.  28,  to  shareholders  of  record 
as  of  Aug.  31. 

Operations  for  the  third  quarter 
ended  June  30,  resulted  in  a profit  of 
$611,084  or  47c  per  share  compared  to 
a profit  of  $2,325  or  -0-c  per  share  for 
the  corresponding  period  in  1971,  Re- 
venues for  the  third  quarter  amounted 
to  $2,071,984  up  from  $1,324,209  for 
the  same  period  in  1971. 

Stones  Settlement 

As  previously  announced,  the  Roll- 
ing Stones  and  the  company  had 
agreed  to  a disposition  of  their  out- 
standing differences.  In  agreeing  to 
withdraw  all  of  their  actions  against 
ABKCO  Industries,  Inc.,  the  Stones 
ratified  all  of  their  prior  contracts 
with  the  company  and  reaffirmed  the 
company’s  ownership  of  all  master 
recordings  and  copyrights  created 
during  the  term  of  such  contracts. 

Profit  for  the  third  quarter  ended 
June  30,  included  extraordinary  items 
of  $496,276  or  38c  per  share.  There 
were  no  extraordinary  items  for  the 
same  period  in  1971.  The  extraordin- 
ary items  included  $246,276  of  income 
resulting  from  disposition  of  out- 
standing differences  between  the 
Stones  and  the  company,  a gain  of 
$525,000  on  the  sale  of  ABKCO  In- 
dustries, Inc.’s  interest  in  a private 
company,  a $350,000  write-down  to 
approximate  market  value  of 
ABKCO’s  investment  in  MGM  com- 
mon stock,  and  a utilization  of  capital 
loss  carry-forward.  All  extraordinary 
items  are  reflected  net  of  applicable 
income  taxes. 

All  per  share  amounts  have  been 
adjusted  to  reflect  the  special  3% 
stock  dividend  paid  last  Feb. 

Wallichs  Music 
Reports  Gain 

TORRANCE,  CALIF.  — Wallichs 
Music  & Entertainment  Company,  Inc. 
(OTC),  has  repoi’ted  net  income  of 
$49,018,  or  4 cents  per  share  on  re- 
venues of  $7,840,489  for  the  fiscal 
year  ended  May  31,  1972.  This  com- 
pares with  a net  loss  of  $164,102,  or 
— 14  cents  per  share,  on  revenues  of 
$7,881,608  for  the  comparable  year 
earlier  period. 

Net  income  for  fiscal  1972  included 
an  extraordinary  item  of  $67,875,  or 
5 1 per  share,  from  insurance  benefits 
paid  upon  the  death  of  Glenn  E.  Wal- 
lichs. 

There  are  1,200,000  shares  out- 
standing. 

In  reporting  results,  Clyde  O.  Wal- 
lichs, chairman  of  the  board  and  pres- 
ident, said  the  company  has  made  “re- 
markable” strides  toward  profitability 
through  overhead  and  personnel  re- 
ductions and  reorganization. 

“Plans  for  new  sales  thrusts  are 
being  implemented,”  he  said,  “and 
based  on  the  trend  established  the 
past  two  years,  we  anticipate  good 
operating  profit  for  1973.” 

The  company,  formed  in  Los  Ange- 
les in  1931,  operates  retail  music  de- 
partment stores  in  Southern  Califor- 
nia and  Arizona. 


Gamble  Thru 
Columbia  Dist. 

NEW  YORK  — Columbia  Records  is 
now  distributing  Gamble  Records  ac- 
cording to  Ron  Alexenburg,  vp  of 
Columbia/Epic  Custom  Labels,  and 
Kenny  Gamble. 

Previously  distributed  by  various 
indie  distributors,  Gamble  Records, 
managed  in  New  York  by  Sam  Gold- 
ner,  has  recorded  and  developed  the 
Intruders,  with  whom  the  label  has 
had  a number  of  hit  singles  and  al- 
bums. Gamble  Records  is  currently  in 
the  process  of  rush-releasing  the 
group’s  latest  single,  “Win,  Place  or 
Show,  (She’s  a Winner).”  “Win,  Place 
or  Show,  (She’s  a Winner)”  has  al- 
ready sold  in  excess  of  100,000  copies 
for  Gamble  Records  in  the  few  weeks 
since  its  release. 

In  commenting  on  the  newly- 
arranged  distribution  pact,  Alexen- 
burg said,  “We  are  very  excited  in 
welcoming  the  Gamble  label  to  the 
Columbia  Custom  Label  family.  Ken- 
ny Gamble  and  Leon  Huff’s  Columbia- 
distributed  Philadelphia  International 
label  is  currently  very  hot  with  the 
O’Jays’  hit  as  well  as  with  Harold 
Melvin  and  the  Blue  Notes,  We  look 
forward  to  this  opportunity  to  ex- 
pand our  relationship  with  Gamble 
and  Huff  and  to  work  with  such  an 
exciting  group  as  the  Intruders.” 


DeLite  Label 
Goes  Thru  P.I.P. 

NEW  YORK  — P.I.P.  Records  has 
concluded  an  exclusive  long  term  dis- 
tribution agreement  with  De  Lite  Rec- 
ords, according  to  Bugs  Bower,  exec 
vice  president  of  P.I.P.  Records  and 
Fred  Fioto,  president  of  the  De  Lite 
label. 

Artists  included  in  the  agreement 
are  Kool  & The  Gang,  Reggie  Saddler 
and  the  New  Cymbals.  Kool  & The 
Gan,  currently  out  with  their  new 
“Music  Is  The  Message”  album,  have 
just  released  a new  single,  “Good 
Times.”  Among  their  eight  previous 
chart  records  are  “Kool  & The 
Gang,”  “Funky  Man,”  “Let  The  Music 
Take  Your  Mind,”  Love  The  Life  You 
Live”  and  the  hit  LP  “Kool  & The 
Gang  Live  At  The  Sex  Machine.” 

“Our  agreement  with  De  Lite  rep- 
resents a major  commitment  on  our 
part,”  said  Bower.  “It’s  the  most  con- 
centrated effort  by  P.I.P.  to  build  an 
artist  roster  since  we  entered  the  rec- 
ord business.” 

“Joining  P.I.P.,  with  their  vast  mer- 
chandising network,  will  increase  ex- 
posure and  sales  for  De  Lite  and  our 
artists.  We  intend  to  enlarge  and  de- 
velop our  talent  roster,”  said  Fioto. 

The  association  with  De  Lite  give 
P.I.P.  its  first  chart  LP  with  Kool  & 
The  Gang,  who  have  become  a major 
attraction  in  the  soul  market.  De  Lite 
will  continue  to  maintain  its  open 
door  policy  for  new  talent. 

Ex-Motown  Exec 
Founds  Label 

HOLLYWOOD  — Former  Motown 
staffer  A1  Cleveland  has  set  up  his  own 
label,  Doorway  Records,  in  Holly- 
wood. His  first  product,  a single  by 
the  California  Girls  titled  “Your  Love 
Puzzles  Me,”  will  be  released  in  the 
next  two  weeks.  Cleveland  is  credited 
as  writer  and  producer  of  the  single. 

During  his  six  years  at  Motown, 
Cleveland  was  a writer  and  producer 
with  Smokey  Robinson,  turning  out 
hits  like  “I  Second  That  Emotion” 
and  “Baby,  Baby,  Don’t  Cry,”  which 
won  him  a BMI  Citation.  Cleveland 
also  wrote  and  produced  the  hit 
“What’s  Going  On”  with  Marvin  Gaye 
and  Renaldo  Benson  of  the  Four  Tops 
and,  most  recently,  collaborated  with 
Quincy  Jones  and  Donny  Hathaway 
on  “Come  Back  Charleston  Blue.” 

Address  of  Doorway  Records  is 
6725  Sunset  Boulevard  (Suite  214), 
Hollywood,  Calif.  90029. 


From 

Curtis  Mayfield. 
FREDDIE’S  DEAD 

One  of  the  most 
meaningful  songs 
ever  written. 

One  of  the  most 
important  singles 
we’ve  ever  released. 

HEY,  HEY,  LORD  LORD 
FREDDIE’S  DEAD, 

THAT’S  WHAT  I SAID 
LET  THE  MAN  RAPA  PLAN 
SAID  HE’D  SEND  HIM  HOME 
BUT  HIS  HOPE  WAS  A ROPE 
AND  HE  SHOULD  HAVE  KNOWN 

EVERYBODY’S  MISUSED  HIM 
RIPPED  HIM  OFF 
AND  ABUSED  HIM 
ANOTHER  JUNKIE  PLAN 
PUSHING  DOPE  FOR  THE  MAN 
TERRIBLE  BLOW  BUT 
THAT’S  HOW  IT  GO 
FREDDIE’S  DEAD, 

THAT’S  WHAT  I SAID 
FREDDIE’S  ON 
THE  CORNER  NOW. 

IF  YOU  WANT  TO  BE 
A JUNKIE,  WOW 
REMEMBER  FREDDIE’S  DEAD 

WE’RE  ALL  BUILT  UP 
WITH  PROGRESS 
BUT  SOMETIMES 
I MUST  CONFESS 
WE  CAN  DEAL  WITH 
ROCKETS  AND  DREAMS 
BUT  REALITY, 

WHAT  DOES  IT  MEAN 
AIN’T  NOTHIN’  SAID, 

’CAUSE  FREDDIE’S  DEAD 
THAT’S  WHAT  I SAID. 

FREDDIE'S  ON 
THE  CORNER  NOW 
IF  YOU  WANT  TO  BE 
A JUNKIE,  WOW 
REMEMBER  FREDDIE’S  DEAD. 

HEY,  HEY,  LORD 

ALL  I WANT  IS  SOME 
PEACE  OF  MIND 
WITH  A LITTLE  LOVE 
I’M  TRYING  TO  FIND 
THIS  COULD  BE  SUCH 
A BEAUTIFUL  WORLD 
WITH  A WONDERFUL  GIRL 
I NEED  A WOMAN  CHILD 
DON’T  WANNA  BE 
LIKE  FREDDIE  NOW 
’CAUSE  FREDDIE’S  DEAD, 

THAT’S  WHAT  I SAID 
FREDDIE’S  ON 
THE  CORNER  NOW 
IF  YOU  WANT  TO  BE 
A JUNKIE,  WOW 
REMEMBER  FREDDIE’S  DEAD. 

EVERYBODY’S  MISUSED  HIM, 
RIPPED  HIM  OFF  AND 
ABUSED  HIM 
ANOTHER  JUNKIE  PLAN 
PUSHING  DOPE  FOR  THE  MAN 
BUT  FREDDIE’S  ON 
THE  CORNER  NOW 
IF  YOU  WANT  TO  BE 
A JUNKIE,  WOW 
REMEMBER  FREDDIE’S  DEAD 

HEY,  HEY,  LORD 

, , 1972  CURTOM  PUBLISHING  CO.  INC 
ALL  RIGHTS  RESERVED- 
USED  BY  PERMISSION. 


8 


Cash  Box  — August  26,  1972 


‘SUPER  FLY”  SUPER  BIG 


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GORDON  PARKS, JR 
RON  O’NEAL 

CARL  LEE 
JULIUS  HARRIS 
SHEILA  FRAZIER 
CHARLES  McGREGOR 

SIG  SHORE  mm, 
PHILLIP  FENTY_ 


-KEVIN  SANDERS 
WABC-TV 


An  intelligent,  perceptive,  fast  paced  movie.  Solid  script, solid  acting, 
a musical  score  by  Curtis  Mayfield  that  will  probably  get  an 
Academy  Award  nomination. 

It’s  a very  important  movie.” 

“A  brilliantly  idiomatic  film.  The 
film’s  gut  pleasures  are  real, 
and  there  are  a lot  of  them... 
a very  good  movie.” 


-ROGER  GREENSPUN, 
New  York  Times 


“Fine  acting,  a compelling  story 
and  Curtis  Mayfield’s  exciting 
music.  One  of  the  best  of  the 
new  black  films.  ‘Super  Fly’  is 
good  entertainment.” 


-FRANCES  TAYLOR, 
Long  Island  Press 


Super  Fly’  is  brilliant.  It  has  a 
so  id,  tense  plot,  eye-catching 
settings,  sex,  whirlwind  pacing.” 


-BARBARA  GOLDSMITH,  Harper's  Bazaar 


“A  visually  exciting  movie,  a good 
adventure  story.” 


-KEVIN  M.  SAVIOLA, 
Women's  Wear  Daily 


"In  Ten  Days, 

308.000  Albums  Sold  Nationally" 
"Chi.,  Solid  Super  Fly  Smash, 

1 50,000’  ’ —Variety 

"Super  Fly  Goes  Through  N.Y.  Roof! 

149.000  First  Week"  —Variety 


THE  ALBUM 

Cash  Box 
40 


Billboard 

112- 


Record  World 
40* 


THE  HIT  SINGLE,  FREDDIE’S  DEAD 

Cash  Box  Billboard  Record  World 
69*  93  88* 


I 


I 

: 


‘Mar  Y Sol’  Album  Among 
Atlantic’s  8 New  Pkgs 


‘One  On  One’  NY  Benefit 
To  Aid  Mentally  Retarded 


NEW  YORK  — Eight  new  albums 
will  be  released  during  the  next  two 
weeks  by  Atlantic  Records,  including 
an  album  from  the  Mar  Y Sol  Pop 
Festival  in  Puerto  Rico,  and  LP’s  by 
Otis  Redding,  the  New  Cactus,  Bud- 
dy Guy  and  Junior  Wells,  Les  McCann, 
Black  Heat,  Mongo  Santamaria  and 
Pollution. 

“Mar  Y Sol,”  is  a “live”  two-LP  set 
of  the  key  performances  from  the 
First  International  Puerto  Rico  Pop 
Festival  held  last  spring.  The  set 
features  the  J.  Geils  Band,  the  Ma- 
havishnu  Orchestra,  Dr.  John,  B.  B. 
King,  Osibisa,  Cactus,  The  Allman 
Brothers  Band,  Emerson,  Lake  & Pal- 
mer, Nitzinger,  Jonathan  Edwards, 
John  Baldry  and  Herbie  Mann. 

“The  Best  of  Otis  Redding”  is  an- 
other twin-record  set,  and  contains 
25  of  the  late  artist’s  recordings. 

“’Ot  ‘N’  Sweaty”  presents  a twin 
experience  with  the  New  Cactus 
Band.  Side  one  of  this  album  was 
recorded  live  in  Puerto  Rico,  while 
side  two  consists  of  their  latest  studio 
recordings. 

“Buddy  Guy  & Junior  Wells  Play 
The  Blues”  marks  the  performing  de- 
but of  two  of  the  bluesmen  recording 
together  for  the  first  time.  Produced 
by  Eric  Clapton,  Ahmet  Ertegun  and 
Tom  Dowd — with  two  tracks  pro- 
duced by  Michael  Cuscuna,  the  LP 

Wolper  Films 
WattStax  72 
For  Xmas  Bow 

NEW  YORK  — The  Stax  Organiza- 
tion and  David  L.  Wolper,  finalized 
arrangements  for  Wolper  Pictures, 
Ltd.  to  film  the  WattStax  ’72  benefit 
concert  for  release  this  Christmas. 
Event  was  held  last  Sunday  (20). 

This  project  will  bring  together  the 
creative  and  technical  as  well  as  the 
sociological  expertise  of  both  white 
and  black  interests.  Members  of  the 
Stax  staff  will  be  closely  associated  in 
all  the  aspects  of  the  film  production 
as  well  as  in  the  staging  of  the  ben- 
efit concert  itself. 

A1  Bell,  board  chairman  of  the  Stax 
Organization,  and  Wolper,  president 
of  The  Wolper  Organization,  will  be 
producers  on  the  film,  with  Mel 
Stuart,  a vice  president  of  the  Wolper 
motion  picture  arm,  set  to  direct. 

The  major  portion  of  the  film  was 
shot  at  the  Los  Angeles  Memorial 
Coliseum,  where  The  Stax  Organiza- 
tion and  the  Schlitz  Brewing  Co.  are 
sponsoring  WattStax  ’72,  a six-hour 
music  festival  themed  to  “The  Living 
Word”  and  designed  to  feature  gos- 
pel, spiritual  and  soul  music,  the 
roots  of  all  black  music  and  the  Stax 
Memphis  Sound  phenomena. 

Stax  has  donated  the  talent  of 
many  in  black  music  for  the  event, 
which  expects  to  raise  over  $100,000 
at  a $1  donation  per  ticket  for  the 
Watts  community.  Benefactors  of  the 
concert,  organized  by  Stax  as  a giant 
“Thank  You”  for  the  community  sup- 
port of  its  artists  and  music,  will  be 
agencies  that  comprise  the  Watts 
Summer  Festival  and  other  institu- 
tions in  the  Watts  Los  Angeles  com- 
munity. 

Quad  B’cast 

The  72  concert  was  broadcast  live 
and  in  quad  sound  as  a public  service 
by  KMET  Metromedia  Stereo  FM.  The 
four^channel  broadcast  was  made 
possible  through  the  cooperation  of 
Columbia  Records  and  the  use  of  the 
company’s  FQ  system,  which  encodes 
the  regular  stereo  signal  into  four 
elements.  The  system  is  compatible 
with  regular  stereo  and  mono  re- 
ceivers and,  with  the  addition  of  a 
quad  decoder  on  the  receiving  end,  it 
was  possible  to  receive  the  program 
in  that  format. 

KMET  was  also,  before  the  concert, 
soliciting  donations  to  the  Watts 
Summer  Festival  through  daily  public 
service  announcements  on  the  air. 


also  includes  guest  work  by  Clapton, 
Dr.  John.  Carl  Radle  and  the  J.  Geils 
Band. 

“Talk  To  The  People”  is  the  latest 
funky  recording  by  pianist,  vocalist 
and  composer  Les  McCann.  Produced 
by  Joel  Dorn,  the  album  is  comple- 
mented on  a few  tracks  by  vocals  by 
the  Persuasions. 

“Black  Heat”  debuts  the  first  album 
by  a new  soul  group  of  the  same 
name  from  Washington  D.C. — 

Baltimore  area.  Also  produced  by 
Joel  Dorn  and  including  back-up  by 
David  “Fathead”  Newman. 

“Up  From  the  Roots”  features  the 
congas  of  Mongo  Santamaria. 

“Pollution  II”  premieres  11  new 
rock  and  soul  compositions  by  the 
Pollution  band,  highlighted  with  vo- 
cal work  by  lead  singers  Dobie  Gray 
and  Tata. 

Parkhill  To 
New  RCA  Post 

NEW  YORK — George  Parkhill  has 
been  named  director  of  professional 
artist  programs  at  RCA  Records,  re- 
ports Roeco  Laginestra,  president,  to 
whom  Parkhill  will  report. 

“There  are  none  who  are  more 
qualified  than  Mr.  Parkhill  to  run 
this  operation,”  Laginestra  said.  “His 
duties  encompass  a global  concept 
and  we  are  fortunate  that  his  con- 
tributions and  development  within 
our  organization  over  the  years  makes 
him  ideal  to  head  this  new  and  vital 
activity.” 

Parkhill,  whose  office  will  be  in 
Hollywood  and  New  York  City, 
joined  RCA  Records  in  1949  in  a field 
sales  position  and  was  moved  to  New 
York  in  1952  where  he  worked  in  both 
sales  and  promo  until  1957  when  he 
managed  album  sales.  In  1958  he  was 
appointed  manager  of  advertising  and 
promo  records,  until  1964  when  he 
became  manager  of  advertising.  In 
1969  he  moved  to  the  west  coast  to 
head  artists  relations  there.  He  has 
been  closely  identified  with  sales  and 
merchandising  of  Elvis  Presley  prod- 
uct as  well  as  the  series  of  record 
shattering  personal  appearances  by 
Presley,  working  directly  with  Col. 
Thomas  A.  Parker,  Presley’s  man- 
ager. 

Ricketts  Dies; 
Chairman  Of 
Chappell  & Co. 

LONDON  — Matthew  Edwin  Rick- 
etts, chairman  of  Chappell  & Co.,  died 
here  on  Monday,  Aug.  7,  at  the  age  of 
91.  Ricketts,  who  started  his  career  as 
an  engineer,  was  a founding  member 
of  the  Gramophone  Co.,  which  later 
evolved  into  HMV.  He  joined  the 
Chappell  Piano  Co.  in  the  late  20’s 
and  later  became  a board  member  of 
Chappell  Music. 

Ralph  Siege! 

Dies  At  61 

MUNICH  — Ralph  Maria  Siegel, 
famed  German  music  publisher  and 
composer  died  on  Wednesday,  Aug.  2, 
at  the  age  of  61.  Siegel,  who  ran 
Ralph  Maria  Siegel  Music  and  a re- 
cently-established label,  Jupiter,  en- 
tered the  music  business  after  World 
War  2.  He  was  the  son  of  Dr.  Ru- 
dolph Siegel,  a musical  director. 
Siegel’s  son,  Ralph,  a writer-producer, 
will  continue  to  be  involved  in  his 
father’s  company. 


Lennon  To 
Perform 

NEW  YORK  — Mayor  John  V. 
Lindsay  has  issued  an  official  procla- 
mation naming  Aug.  30  “One-to-One” 
Day  in  the  City  of  New  York.  The 
designation  refers  to  an  all-day 
Grand  Festival  at  which  more  than 
15,000  mentally  retarded  people  will 
be  matched  by  an  equal  number  of 
volunteer  workers  who  will  escort 
them  through  the  day’s  activities  be- 
ginning in  Central  Park’s  Sheep 
Meadow  at  10  AM  and  ending  with 
The  Concert  to  Fi’ee  the  Children  of 
Willowbrook  at  Madison  Square  Gar- 
den in  the  evening. 

The  Madison  Square  Garden  por- 
tion of  the  day  will  have  John  Len- 
non performing  in  concert  along  with 
such  other  musical  luminaries  as  Ste- 
vie Wonder,  Sha  Na  Na,  Yoko  Ono, 
the  Isley  Brothers,  Richard  Kiley,  and 


UA  Sales  Meet 

HOLLYWOOD  — United  Artists  Rec- 
ords and  its  affiliated  lajbels,  Fame 
Records,  Poppy  Records  and  Blue 
Note  Records,  will  hold  its  annual 
fall  sales  meetings  at  the  Beverly  Hil- 
ton Hotel  in  Los  Angeles  for  three 
days  beginning  Aug.  25.  Hosting  the 
event  will  be  UA  president  Mike  Stew- 
art. Expected  to  attend  are  the  or- 
ganization’s entire  field,  sales,  and 
promotion  personnel,  in  addition  to 
key  home  office  and  New  York  office 
staff.  The  meetings  will  be  held  as  a 
portion  of  the  larger  UDC  sales  con- 
vention, in  which  the  Polydor  Records 
and  MGM  Records  family  of  labels 
will  also  participate. 

New  product  for  the  balance  of  the 
year  will  be  introduced  to  the  UA 
organization,  and  sales,  marketing, 
advertising,  and  promotional  semi- 
nars will  be  conducted  for  the  staffers 
involved  in  each  facet  of  the  business. 

President  David  V.  Picker  of  the 
parent  United  Artists  Corp.  will  be  on 
hand  for  the  sessions. 

Three  evenings  of  entertainment 
for  convention  attendees  and  home 
office  staff  are  scheduled,  including  a 
special  function  to  be  held  at  the 
Samuel  Goldwyn  Studios  where  UA’s 
film  offices  are  based,  and  a poolside 
luau  at  the  Beverly  Hilton  Hotel. 

Dempster  Heads 
MCA’s  Spec.  Mkts 

UNIVERSAL  CITY— Bob  Dempster 
has  been  named  director  of  special 
markets  for  MCA  Records,  Inc.  The 
announcement  came  from  George 
Jones,  recently  appointed  vice  presi- 
dent of  operations. 

Dempster  comes  to  MCA  from  Cap- 
itol Records,  where  for  the  past  five 
years  he  was  general  manager  of 
their  special  markets  division  and  re- 
sponsible for  initiating  unique  mer- 
chandising techniques  for  Capitol’s 
artists. 

In  his  new  position  at  MCA,  Demp- 
ster will  be  directly  involved  in  pro- 
motional and  premium  records,  as- 
sembling packages  for  television 
broadcasting  distribution,  and  mar- 
keting MCA’s  custom  tape  and  rec- 
ord production. 

MCA  Adds 
Promo  Men 

HOLLYWOOD  — Pat  Pipolo,  vice 
president  and  director  of  promotion 
for  MCA  Records,  has  appointed  four 
new  radio  promotion  men  to  his  staff. 
Dick  Williams  will  work  in  the  Mem- 
phis area,  covering  territories  from 
Little  Rock  to  Charlotte;  Don  Was- 
ley  in  Dallas,  covering  Northern  Tex- 
as and  Oklahoma  ; Steve  Baker,  work- 
ing all  of  Florida  except  Jackson- 
ville; and  David  Vaughn  in  the  St. 
Louis/Kansas  City  area. 


many  other  “surprise”  guests.  None 
of  the  performers  will  be  paid. 

The  scheduled  activities  for  Sheep 
Meadow  include  parades,  bands,  folk 
singing,  social  dancing,  gym  activi- 
ties, creative  play  and  refreshments. 
Adding  to  the  gaiety  of  the  occasion 
will  be  hundreds  of  thousands  of  bal- 
loons, a fire  department  hook  and 
ladder,  a hot  air  balloon,  helicopters 
and  various  events  including  enter- 
tainment by  David  Peel,  Mandrill  and 
Randall’s  Island. 

The  purpose  of  the  day  will  be  to 
highlight  the  “good  things  that  are 
being  done  and  which  can  be  done  for 
the  retarded,”  according  to  Geraldo 
Rivera,  co-chairman  with  -Geraldine 
Fitzgerald  of  the  Festival  and  Con- 
cert. Rivera  added:  “We  will  create  a 
day  which  will  help  reverse  the  forces 
of  ignorance  and  many  of  the  miscon- 
ceptions in  the  area  of  mental  re- 
tardation which  are  rampant  right  in 
our  own  city.” 

Although  most  of  the  more  popu- 
lar-priced tickets  for  the  evening  con- 
cert have  already  been  sold,  there  are 
still  close  to  1,000  sponsor  tickets 
available  which  are  priced  at  $121  per 
pair  and  are  available  only  through 
the  One-to-One  office  at  77  West  66th 
St. 

All  monies  raised  by  the  event  will 
be  used  to  establish  model,  small  com- 
munity residential  facilities  for  the 
mentally  retarded. 

NARM  Rack 
Adv.  Unit 
Chi  Meet 

PHILADELPHIA  — The  NARM 
Rack  Jobbers  Advisory  Committee 
held  its  final  meet  on  Wednesday, 
Aug.  9,  at  the  Regency  O’Hare  Hyatt 
House  in  Chicago.  The  meeting  of  the 
Rack  Jobbers  Advisory  Committee 
was  the  final  meeting  in  a series  of 
four  instituted  by  NARM  this  year 
for  the  first  time.  Prior  to  the  Rack 
Jobbers  Advisory  Committee  meeting, 
similar  meetings  had  been  held  in  Chi- 
cago by  the  Distributors  Advisory 
Committee  and  the  Retailers  Advisory 
Committee.  The  Manufacturers  Advi- 
sory Committee  met  with  the  NARM 
Board  of  Directors  in  New  York. 

Members  of  the  Rack  Jobbers  Advi- 
sory Committee  who  attended  the 
meeting  were  Louis  Lavinthal  of  ABC 
Record  & Tape  Sales;  Edward 
Yalowitz  and  Kent  Beauchamp  of  All- 
tapes, Inc.;  Albert  Hyman  of  Almor 
Playtime  Co.;  James  Schwartz  of  Dis- 
trict Records,  Inc.;  John  Kaplan  of 
Handleman  Company;  Jay  Jacobs  of 
Knox  Record  Rack  Company;  David 
Lieberman  of  Lieberman  Enterprises; 
Amos  Heilicher  of  J.  L.  Marsh  Com- 
pany; Norman  Hausfater,  Milton  Sal- 
stone  and  Tony  D’Alesandro  of  Musi- 
cal Isle  of  America;  Jesse  Selter  of 
NMC  Corporation,  and  Louis  Kwiker 
of  Transcontinental  Music  Corpora- 
tion. NARM  President,  David  Press, 
an  ex  officio  member  of  all  NARM 
committees,  was  in  attendance,  as  was 
Jules  Malamud,  NARM’s  exec  direc- 
tor. 

On  the  agenda  w'ere  matters  of  par- 
ticular interest  to  the  rack  jobbing 
segment  of  the  industry.  In-depth  dis- 
cussions were  held  on  recent  industry 
trends  towards  elimination,  or  sharp- 
ly reducing,  the  functional  discounts 
which  NARM  contends  have  histori- 
cally permitted  the  rack  jobbers 
to  operate  profitably.” 

Discussions  were  also  held  on  re- 
cent litigation  concerning  patents  on 
display  fixtures  used  by  rack  fjobbers 
throughout  the  country. 

As  had  been  done  previously  at  the 
other  three  advisory  committee_  meet- 
ings, there  was  a complete  review  of 
the  Rack  Jobbers  Advisory  Committee 
meeting  of  the  1972  NARM  Conven- 
tion, and  of  proposals  for  program- 
ming the  1973  NARM  Convention, 
which  will  be  held  Feb.  25  through 
Mar.  1,  at  the  Century  Plaza  Hotel  in 
Los  Angeles. 


10 


Cash  Box  — August  26,  1972 


LASKER’S 

STATEMENT  OF  PROOF 

FOR  ALL  THE 

"SHOW  ME”  STATIONS  OF  AMERICA 


THE  FACTS 

From  the  just  released  album  by 
“CASHMAN  and  WEST”  entitled  “A  SONG 
OR  TWO,”  one  particular  segment 
has  received  the  fastest  and  most 
dynamic  listener  and  record  buyer 
response  we  have  ever  experienced 
in  such  a short  exposure  time! 

The  segment  from  the  album  caus- 
ing all  the  furor  is  called . . . 

“AMERICAN  CITY  SUITE” 

THE  PROOF 

In  the  Hartford  area : 

Stations— WDRC,  WPOP,  WWCO, 
WPLR-FM,  WHCN-FM,  WTIC  (ask 
Charlie  Parker  at  WDRC  about 
the  terrific  response  he’s 
getting). 

Stores : 

LaSalle  and  Cutlers  heavy  and 
immediate  sales. 

Distributor  orders— 5000  albums 
immediately! 

In  Philadelphia: 

Station— WIBG 

Stores:  Immediate  Richmond 

one  stop,  Record  Museum 

Album  at  radio  stations  only  two 
weeks  as  of  this  writing . . . 

(Cashbox  deadline:  8-16-72) 

CONCLUSION 

This  is  a first  statement.  We  urge 
you  to  listen  to  “ American  City  Suite.” 
Investigate  and  join  us  in  bringing 
this  thoroughly  unique  work  to 


Exclusively  on  ABC/Dunhill  Records —Produced  by  Steve  Barri 


LOOKING  AHEAD 


101  I WILL  NEVER  PASS 
THIS  WAY  AGAIN 

(Vegas  Int'l — BMI) 

Glen  Campbell — Capitol  6566 

102  THUNDER  & LIGHTNING 

(Chinick — ASCAP) 

Chi  Coltrane — Columbia  45640 


103  MELISSA 

(No  Exit/Sherlyn — BMI) 

Allman  Brothers  Band — Capricorn  0007 
(Dist:  Warner  Bros.) 


104  HAPPINESS  TRAIN 

(Open  Air/NMC — BMI) 

Sugar  Bears — Big  Tree  143  (Dist:  Bell) 


105  SOMETHING’S  WRONG 
WITH  ME 

(Pocket  Full  Of  Tunes — BMI) 

Austin  Roberts — Chelsea  0101 

106  IT’S  TOO  LATE 

(Screen  Gems/’Columbia — BMI) 

Bill  Deal  & Rondeils — Buddah 

107  HE’S  AN  INDIAN  COWBOY 
IN  THE  RODEO 

(Caleb— ASCAP) 

Butfy  Sainte-Marie — Vanguard  36156 


108  RITA 

Arthur  Conley — Gapricorn 


109  SOUTHBOUND  TRAIN 

Graham  Nash  & David  Crosby 
— Atlantic  2892 

110  GET  IT  ALL 

(Mandrill  / Intersong — USA/Chappel — 
ASCAP)  Mandrill— Polydor  141142 

111  TAKE  ME  BACK  HOME 

(January — BMI) 

Siade — Polydor  15046 


112  BEST  THING 

(Harvey  Wallbanger — ASCAP) 

Stax — Wooden  Nickel  0106  (Dist:  RCA) 


113  LUTHER  (THE  ANTHROPOID) 

(Jimfire — BMI) 

Jimmy  Castor  Bunch — RCA  0763 


114  THE  BIG  PARADE 

(Don  Kirshner — BMI) 

Michael  Allen — Lion  120 

115  I.O.I.O. 

(Casserole — BMI) 

Butch  Patrick — Metromedia  251 

116  WOMAN  DON’T  GO  ASTRAY 

(Malaco/  Riffignac — BMI) 

King  Floyd — Chimneyville  443 
(Dist:  Atlantic) 

117  LOVE,  LOVE,  LOVE 

(Adish/Two  People — BMI) 

J.  R.  Bailey — Toy  3801 

118  THEN  AGAIN  MAYBE 

(Stein  & Van  Stock — ASCAP) 

Gary  Lewis — Scepter  12359 


119  BUZZY  BROWN 

(Hilaria— ASCAP) 

Tim  Davis — Metromedia  253 


120  LISTEN  TO  THE  MUSIC 

(Warner  Tamerlane — BMI) 

Doobie  Brothers — Warner  Bros.  7619 


121  MACARTHUR  PARK 

(Canopy— ASCAP) 

Andy  Williams — Columbia  647 


122  MONEY  BACK  GUARANTEE 

(4  Star— BMI) 

Five  Man  Electrical  Band — Lion  127 
(Dist:  MGM) 


123  LADY  ELEANOR 

Lindisfarne — Elektra  45799 


124  IS  IT  REALLY  TRUE  BOY 

(January/  Sa-Veete-  -BM I) 

Love  Unlimited — Uni  55342 


125  SPECIAL  SOMEONE 

(Home  Grown /Heywoods — BMI) 

Heywoods — Family  0911  (Dist:  Paramount) 


126  I’VE  GOT  TO  HAVE  YOU 

(Buckhorn — BMI) 

Sammi  Smith — Mega  0079 


127  DON’T  ASK  ME  WHY 

(Clear  Sky— BMI) 

Alzo — Bell  247 


UK  Records  beg  you 
not  to  play  this  single 

We're  very  ashamed  of  it 

It  really  is  the  worst  ever  made 

To  the  sound  of  marching  stormtroopers  and  the  tune  of 
“Deutschland  Deutschland  Uber  Alles”,  the  most  banal  lyrics 
are  chanted  by  The  Athletes  Foot,  backed  by  a Moog  Synthe- 
sizer. 

For  a record  that  calls  itself  “The  Official  Munich  Olympic 
Games  Theme,  1972?”  we  doubt  if  it  embodies  the  right  spirit 
at  all. 

So  do  us  a favour.  Please  don’t  play  it  or  hear  it.  It  really  is 
ghastly  and  quite  atrocious. 


Instead,  why  not  play  TERRY 
DACTYL  and  the  DINOSAURS' 
"SEASIDE  SHUFFLE”  which 
has  currently  sold  over  300,- 
000  in  Gt.  Britain  alone. 


DISTRIBUTED  BY  J¥)7\(f)Oj\  RECORDS 


CoshBoi 


Radio  Active 

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A survey  of  key  radio  stations  in  all  important  markets  throughout  the  country  to  determine 
by  percentage  of  those  reporting  which  releases  are  oeing  added  to  station  play  lists  this 
week  for  the  first  time  and  aiso  the  degree  of  concentration  compining  previous  reports. 
Percentage  figures  on  left  indicate  how  many  of  the  stations  reporting  this  week  have 
added  the  following  titles  to  their  play  list  for  the  first  time.  Percentage  figures  on  right 
include  total  from  left  plus  the  percentage  title  received  in  prior  week  or  weeks. 


TITLE  ARTIST  LABEL 

% OF 
STATIONS 
ADDING 
TITLES  TO 
PROG. 
SCHEO. 
THIS  WEEK 

TOTAL  % OF 
STATIONS 
TO  HAVE 
ADDED 
TITLES  TO 
PROG. 
SCHED. 

TO  DATE 

1.  Everybody  Plays  The  Foo! — Main 
Ingredient — RCA 

33% 

86% 

2.  Play  Me — Neil  Diamond — Uni 

31% 

85% 

3.  Honky  Cat — Elton  John — Uni 

28% 

99o/o 

4.  Burning  Love — Elvis  Presley — RCA 

27% 

58% 

5.  Nights  In  White  Satin — Moody  Blues — 
Threshold 

27% 

67o/0 

6.  Speak  To  The  Sky — Rick  Springfield — Capitol 

27% 

76o/0 

7.  Starting  All  Over  Again — Mel  & Tim — Stax 

29% 

37o/o 

8.  Popcorn — Hot  Butter — Musicor 

25% 

56% 

9.  Power  Of  Love — Joe  Simon — Spring 

22% 

84% 

10.  Easy  Livin’ — Uriah  Heep — Mercury 

19% 

62  0/0 

11.  Good  Time  Charlie’s  Got  The  Blues — 
Danny  O’Keefe — Signpost 

19% 

38% 

12.  A Piece  Of  Paper — Gladstones — ABC 

18% 

52o/o 

13.  Garden  Party — Rick  Nelson — Decca 

18% 

32o/o 

14.  My  Ding-A-Ling — Chuck  Berry — Chess 

14% 

14% 

15.  This  World — Staple  Singers— Stax 

13% 

33o/o 

16.  Witchy  Woman — Eagels — Asylum 

11% 

11% 

17.  Thunder  & Lightning — Chi  Coltrane — 
Columbia 

10% 

10% 

18.  Baby  Let  Me  Take  You  In  My  Arms — 
Detroit  Emeralds — West  Bound 

10% 

73o/o 

19.  Tight  Rope — Leon  Russell — Shelter 

10% 

36% 

20.  Ben — Michael  Jackson — Motown 

10% 

30o/o 

21.  Jackie  Wilson  Said — Van  Morrison — W.B. 

9% 

9% 

22.  If  1 Could  Reach  You — 5th  Dimension — Bell 

9% 

9% 

23.  1 Can  See  Clearly  Now — Johnny  Nash — Epic 

9% 

9% 

24.  Don’t  Ever  Be  Lonely — Cornelius  Bros.  & 
Sister  Rose — U.A. 

9% 

9% 

25.  Listen  To  The  Music — Doobie  Bros. — -A&M 

9% 

9% 

26.  1 Believe  In  Music — Gallery — Kama  Sutra 

8% 

43o/o 

27.  Rock  Me  On  The  Water — Jackson  Browne — 
Asylum 

8% 

69o/o 

28.  Why — Donny  Osmond — MGM 

7% 

28% 

29.  Small  Beginnings— Flash — Capitol 

5% 

47o/o 

30.  For  Emily,  Wherever  1 May  Find  Her — Simon 
& Garfunkel — Columbia 

5% 

5% 

12 


Cash  Box  — August  26,  1972 


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WPDQ’s  McGovern  Throws 
Hat  Into  The  Rock  Ring 


ZBS  Syndicates  Mystery 
Serial  To  College  Radio 


JACKSONVILLE,  FLA.  — Radio’s 
George  McGovern,  program  director 
of  WPDQ  and  the  station’s  afternoon 
drive  man  has  announced  his  candida- 
cy for  the  office  of  President  of  Rock 
And  Roll.  Station  personality  Bruce 
Cramer  is  his  vice-presidential  candi- 
date and  newsman  Butch  Pieker  is  his 
campaign  manager.  His  cabinet  con- 
sists of  the  rest  of  the  station’s  per- 
sonnel. "This  is  not  a one  man  cam- 
paign,” the  candidate  affirms. 

“The  radio  and  music  industry 
needs  to  be  stimulated;  this  is  the 
first  purpose  of  the  campaign.  The 
second  function  will  be  to  stimulate 
people  to  participate  in  the  national 
election  this  year,  especially  those 
newly  enfranchised  voters  who  have 
not  yet  had  the  opportunity  to  vote  in 
a presidential  election.” 

Listeners  in  the  Jacksonville  area 
may  vote  by  sending  in  post  cards  to 
the  station.  The  school  or  college  sub- 
mitting the  largest  number  of  votes 
(to  be  tallied  Election  Day,  Nov.  12) 
will  be  host  of  a free  rock  concert 
for  the  entire  area.  The  talent  roster 
for  the  Inauguration  Day  event  is 
currently  being  developed. 

McGovern  is  seeking  endorsements 
from  radio  as  well  as  music  lumi- 
naries, a list  which  so  far  includes 
The  Osmonds,  Joe  Namath  and  Bever- 
ly Bremers  among  others.  “I  hope  I 
will  not  be  running  unopposed  and 
that  other  stations  will  follow  suit  in 
putting  up  their  own  candidates.  Per- 
haps there  is  even  a Richard  Nixon  in 
the  industry  who  will  want  to  get 
into  the  act.” 

Running  on  a 22-plank  platform 
(to  be  detailed  over  the  course  of  the 
campaign),  McGovern  plans  to  speak 
before  the  League  Of  Women  Voters 
and  other  civic  groups.  Parades  are 
also  planned  as  part  of  the  hoopla, 


I conceptualized  to  parallel  as  closely 
{ as  possible  the  campaign  activities  of 
i the  national  candidates.  The  McDon- 
j aid  hamburger  chain  is  expected  to 
j tie-in  with  the  campaign  by  setting 
up  voter  registration  booths  for  the 
| national  election  in  their  various  lo- 
cations in  the  Jacksonville  area. 

Senator  McGovern’s  office  was  con- 
tacted before  dj  McGovern  announced 
his  candidacy  on  his  program  August 
11th.  Rosemary  Story  of  the  Sena- 
tor’s staff  replied  that  while  the  na- 
tional candidate  does  not  expect  to 
publicly  endorse  radio  McGovern’s 
candidacy,  everyone  in  the  office  from 
the  Senator  on  down  “is  all  for  it.” 


DELOVELY  DESHANNON  — 

Jackie  DeShannon,  in  Boston  for  a 
concert,  stopped  by  WMEX  to  talk 
about  the  release  of  her  new  single 
“Only  Love  Can  Break  Your  Heart” 
from  her  new  album  “Jackie.”  From 
(left  to  right):  Tom  Allen,  WMEX 
program  director;  Jackie;  Jim  Con- 
nors, WMEX  music  director. 


Denver  Hosts  ‘Midnight  Special’ 


HOLLYWOOD — John  Denver  hosted 
a unique  late-night  special  last  Satur- 
day in  a bid  to  get  the  18  to  21  year 
olds  to  register  as  voters  for  the 
presidential  election  in  November. 

The.  “Midnight  Special”  featured 
many  musical  stars  too  numerous  to 
mention. 

“Many  stars  are  reluctant  to  do  a 
TV  show,”  Denver  said.  “We  only  had 
two  days  rehearsal  and  then  another 
two  for  putting  it  together.  They 
were  happy  to  help  out  and  do  their 
share.  I’m  very  grateful  for  their 
time  and  efforts.” 

Denver  was  also  on  the  Johnny  Car- 
son  Show  immediately  before  the  spe- 
cial, where  he  had  the  opportunity 
to  perform  his  current  RCA  single 
“Goodbye  Again,”  and  to  discuss  his 
program  aimed  at  young  voters. 


PATRICK’S  DAY — On  a recent  pro- 
motional trip  to  promote  “I.O.I.O.,” 
his  new  Metromedia  single.  Butch 
Patrick  visited  Boston’s  WMEX.  Pic- 
tured from  left  to  .right  are:  Dennis 
Ganim  (who  pro<  h for 

Chicory  Productions),  Jim  Conners 
(WMEX  music  director),  Butch  Pat- 
rick, Tom  Allen,  (WMEX  program  di- 
rector), and  David  Knight,  Metrome- 
dia Records  a&r  director. 


“Like  they  say,  this  is  a govern- 
ment by  the  people,  of  the  people, 
and  for  the  people.  There  are  about 
25  million  possible  voters  in  the  18- 
21  category,  enough  to  elect  a presi- 
dent. It’s  time  to  use  this  privilege 
because  if  they  don’t  want  to  vote, 
then  they  shouldn’t  be  complaining.” 

Riddle/Walton 
To  Rock  TV 

HOLLYWOOD  — The  Sam  Riddle 
Organization  and  Kip  Walton  Pro- 
ductions have  partnered  in  a syndi- 
cated weekly  TV  music  series  called 
“Superstars  of  Rock.” 

Designed  to  promote  album  sales, 
the  series  will  tie  in  with  various 
wholesale  and  retail  outlets  across  the 
country  in  a unique  exploitation  set- 
up. Each  show  will  be  “personalized” 
for  individual  markets  in  35  major 
cities  already  committed  for  the 
series’  mid-November  debut.  Working 
closely  with  leading  record  compan- 
ies, the  program  will  tape  in  Holly- 
wood, booking  the  top  record  acts 
available  in  addition  to  utilizing  pro- 
motional films. 

The  series  brings  together  two 
leading  producers  of  rock  on  televi- 
sion. Producer-host  Sam  Riddle  has 
been  a major  radio-television  person- 
ality for  the  past  ten  years,  hosting 
several  national  music  series  in  addi- 
tion to  concert  promotion  and  record 
production.  Executive  producer- 
director  Kip  Walton,  who  helmed  Di- 
ana Ross’  ABC  special  and  The  Jack- 
son  5’s  “Going  Back  to  Indiana”  spe- 
cial, currently  heads  up  his  own  com- 
pany, which  recently  packaged 
“Pop!”,  rock  music  special  for  the 
ABC-TV  network. 


NEW  YORK  — ZBS  Media  and  Grunt 
Records  will  be  collaborating  this  fall 
on  the  ZBS-produced  daily  mystery 
serial,  “The  Fourth  Tower  of  Inver- 
ness,” to  be  syndicated  on  approx- 
imately 350  college  radio  stations. 

The  series  consists  of  65  episodes, 
which  will  be  broadcast  five  days  a 
week  for  13  weeks.  Each  daily  episode 
is  about  eight  minutes.  An  edited 
Sunday  show  will  repeat  the  action  of 
each  previous  week.  “The  Fourth 
Tower”  will  be  distributed  free  to 
participating  stations,  under  Grunt 
Records  sponsorship,  as  the  first  effort 
of  the  ZBS  network. 

The  serial  was  written  and  directed 
by  ZBS  Creative  Director  Meatball 
Fulton.  “We’ve  taken  the  radio  drama 
as  an  art  form  and  created  a totally 
new,  contemporary  mystery  serial. 
And  although  it’s  contemporary,  it 
isn’t  political,  nor  does  it  make  social 
comments.  If  anything,  it’s  escapism. 
Every  episode  really  does  leave  the 
listener  with  a nice  feeling.” 

The  story  concerns  a young  man, 
Jack  Flanders,  who  receives  an  invi- 
tation to  visit  Inverness  from  his 
aunt,  Lady  Jowls,  the  owner  of  the 
estate.  Flanders  is  played  by  writer 
Robert  Lorick,  who  also  was  the  lyri- 
cist of  the  off-Broadway  musical  hit, 
Hark!  Featured  as  Lord  Jowls  (the 
long-missing  husband  of  Lady  Jowls) 
is  Murray  Head,  the  original  Judas  of 
the  album  of  “Jesus  Christ,  Super- 
star.”  The  narrator  is  Dave  Herman, 
formerly  with  WMMR-FM  in  Phila- 
delphia and  WPLJ  in  New  York,  now 
with  WNEW-FM,  New  York.  The  re- 
maining members  of  the  cast  are  all 
professional  actors,  with  experience 
in  television,  film,  radio,  theatre,  etc. 

Augie  Blume,  director  of  creative 
services  for  Grunt  Records  will  be 
coordinating  the  project  with  ZBS. 
“It  is  a great  pleasure  to  be  working 
with  ZBS  Media.  For  some  time  both 
ZBS  and  Grunt  have  realized  the  im- 
portance of  college  radio  and  its  in- 
creasing relevance  in  reaching  a ma- 
jor share  of  the  record-buying  public. 
‘The  Fourth  Tower’  provides  us  with 
a perfect  vehicle  for  reaching  that 
audience  ^ 

Besides  “The  Fourth  Tower,”  ZBS 
also  hopes  to  have  another  program, 
“The  Weekly  Farm  Report,”  on  the 
air  over  its  college  network  this  fall. 
“The  Farm  Report”  is  a weekly  half 
hour  radio  magazine  featuring  inter- 
views with  such  culture  heroes  as 
Stewart  Brand,  Ken  Kesey,  John  Len- 
non & Yoko  Ono,  Frank  Zappa,  Stan 
Lee,  Mick  Jagger,  Baba  Ram  Dass  and 
A b b i e Hoffman,  covering  such 
subjects  as  acupuncture,  psychic 
phenomena,  music,  art,  spiritual 


gi’owth,  organic  food  and  gardening. 
Both  programs  were  broadcast  this 
summer  in  markets  which  included 
Houston,  Dallas,  San  Diego,  Windsor/ 
Detroit,  Montreal,  Phoenix,  Indian- 
apolis, Spokane,  Columbus,  and  New 
York. 


According  to  ZBS  director  of  de- 
velopment Ben  Franklin,  the  airing  of 
the  two  shows  over  the  ZBS  College 
Network  will  be  a major  break- 
through in  contemporary  radio.  “Al- 
though we’ve  had  great  success  in 
syndicating  the  shows  to  professional 
broadcasters  this  summer,  we  haven’t 
been  able  to  reach  the  numbers  of 
people  we  had  hoped  for.  We’ll  be 
able  to  reach  over  four  million 
through  our  college  network.  On  all 
levels,  we  feel  that  college  radio  is  an 
extremely  creative  and  dynamic  as- 
pect of  the  medium.  And  by  giving 
our  participating  stations  exclusive 
broadcast  rights  to  special  program- 
ming which  is  unique  in  radio  today, 
along  with  our  sponsors  backing  it  up 
with  additional  promotion  in  the  form 
of  posters  and  print  advertising,  we 
hope  to  help  accelerate  the  rapid 
growth  which  college  radio  has 
achieved  in  the  past  few  years.” 


SHAFTMAN  ABOUT  TOWN— 


Richard  Roundtree,  who  scored  suc- 
cessfully as  “The  Man  From  Shaft,” 
is  adding  new  laurels  to  his  acting 
career  . . . that  of  a recording  artist. 
While  in  New  York  recently  he  made 
a whirlwind  tour  of  New  York  radio 
stations  doing  interviews  and  publi- 
cising and  promoting  his  new  MGM 
album  release,  “The  Man  From 
Shaft.” 

Shown  in  the  photos  are:  (Left  to 
right)  Keith  Alexander  and  Vy  Hig- 
genson  of  WBLS-FM  with  Richard 
Roundtree;  Enoch  Gregory  and  Nor- 
ma Pinnella  of  WWRL;  Pierre  Sut- 
ton, Freddi  Rodriguez  of  WLIB. 


STATION  BREAKS: 

John  Gehron  is  leaving  his  post  as 
PD  of  Philly’s  WCALT-FM  to  assume 
the  job  at  CBS-FM  in  New  York, 
both  “solid  gold”  outlets  in  the  CBS 
chain.  The  new  PD  at  CALT  is  a famil- 
iar voice  in  the  area,  Jim  Nettleton  . . . 
Eddie  Gallaher  who  began  his  radio 
career  in  D.  C.  when  he  succeeded 
Arthur  Godfrey  at  WTOP  has  signed 
a new  five-year  contract  to  continue 
his  association  with  WASH  in  the 
capital  city.  “Mr.  Washington”  thus 
remains  the  station’s  morning  man,  a 
job  Gallaher  has  excelled  at  for  over 
25  years. 

WOR-FM  music  director  Gail  Si- 
cilia has  resigned  from  the  New  York 
rocker  to  pursue  projects  in  the  video- 
tape and  publishing  fields.  According 
to  PD  Mel  Phillips,  her  replacement 
will  be  Meridee  Merzer  who  has  been 
a consultant  for  Kal  Rudinan’s  tip 
sheet  and  a free-lance  rock  journalist. 
Gail  will  remain  on  the  job  for  at 
least  one  more  week  to  facilitate  the 
transition. 


New  York’s  WNBC  adds  two  new 
air  personalities  to  their  line-up.  Jim 
Scott  took  over  the  3-7  PM  slot  as  of 
last  week  with  a music  format;  Alan 
Douglas  begins  his  telephone /talk 
show  8-midnight  beginning  the  28th 
. . . Martin  Kem merman  to  Toledo’s 
WSPD  . . . A1  Bradv,  formerly  at 
WWDJ  and  WOR-FM  is  the  new  PD 
at  Denver’s  KIMN. 

Exec  vp  of  Metromedia  Radio  and 
WNEW  GM  George  Duncan  recently 
announced  two  new  appointments  at 
the  station.  Bernard  Ruttenberg  is  the 
new  director  of  operations,  returning 
to  Metromedia  after  a five  year  hia- 
tus. George  A.  Davis  has  been  named 
director  of  creative  services  for  the 
New  York  station.  Davis  was  former 
ad  and  sales  promo  manager  at  Phil- 
ly’s KYW  all-news  operation  . . . Hal 
Smith  is  new  operations  director  at 
Metromedia’s  LA  outlet,  KLAC  . . . 
It’s  now  official.  Dan  Clayton,  WLW’s 
3-7  PM  jock  has  been  formally  desig- 
nated the  Cincinnati  station’s  PD,  a 
job  he  held  in  an  “acting”  capacity 
since  March  1st  . . . 


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A broad  view  of  the  titles  many  of  radio’s  key  Top  40  stations  added  to  their  "Playlists”  last  week 


WABC— NEW  YORK 

Rock  & Roll — Part  2 — Gary  Glitter — Bell 
Back  Stabbers — O'Jays — Phil.  Int’l. 

Beautiful  Sunday — Daniel  Boone — Mercury 


WHB — KANSAS  CITY 
Honky  Cat — Elton  John — Uni 
Back  Stabbers — O'Jays — Phil.  Int’l. 
Beautful  Sunday — Daniel  Boone — Mercury 
Go  All  The  Way — Raspberries— Capitol 
Everybody  Plays  The  Fool — Main  Ingredient 
—RCA 


WLOF — ORLANDO 

Don’t  The  Moon  Look  Sad  & Lonesome — Joy 
of  Cocking — Capitol 

If  You’re  Gonna  Break  Another  Heart — Cass 
Eliot — RCA 

I Can  See  Clearly  Now — Johnny  Nash — Epic 
This  World — Staple  Singers — Stax 


WSGN — BIRMINGHAM 

Power  Of  Love — Joe  Simon — Spring 

Starting  All  Over  Again — Mel  & Tim — Stax 

A Piece  Of  Paper — Gladstone — ABC 

Join  Together — The  Who — Decca 

Speak  To  The  Sky — Rick  Springfield — Capitol 


KXOK— ST.  LOUIS 

You  Wear  It  Well — Rod  Stewart — Mercury 

Easy  Livin’ — Uriah  Heep — Mercury 

Honky  Cat — Elton  John — Uni 

Play  Me — Neil  Diamond — Uni 

Speak  To  The  Sky — Rick  Springfield — Capitol 


WBBQ — AUGUSTA 
Tight  Rope — Leon  Russell — Shelter 
One  More  Chance — Ocean — Kama  Sutra 
Witchy  Woman — Eagles — Asylum 
Good  Time  Charlie’s  Got  The  Blues — Danny 
O’Keefe — Signpost 

Through  The  Memory  Of  My  Mind — Freda 
Payne — Invictus 

Don’t  Ever  Be  Lonely — Cornelius  Bros.  & 
Sister  Rose — U.A. 


WMAK— NASHVILLE 

Listen  To  The  Music — Doobie  Bros. — W.B. 

Use  Me — Bill  Withers — Sussex 

I Can  See  Clearly  Now — Johnny  Nash — Epic 

Pop  That  Thang — Isley  Bros. — T-Neck 


WKBW— BUFFALO 

Go  All  The  Way — Raspberries — Capitol 
Power  Of  Love — Joe  Simon — Spring 
This  World — Staple  Singers — Stax 
Jackie  Wilson  Said — Van  Morrison — W.B. 


WKWK — WHEELING 

Baby  Let  Me  Take  You  In  My  Arms — Detroit 
Emeralds — Westbound 
Burning  Love — Elvis  Presley — RCA 
If  You  Leave  Me  Tonight  I’ll  Cry — Jerry 
Wal’ace — Decca 
Play  Me — Neil  Diamond — Uni 


WJET— ERIE 

Garden  Party — Rick  Nelson — Decca 
Witchy  Woman — Eagles — Asylum 
Speak  To  The  Sky — Rick  Springfield — Capitol 
Small  Beginnings — Flash — Capitol 
Starting  All  Over  Again — Mel  & Tim — Stax 
True  Blue — Rod  Stewart — Mercury 
I Believe  In  Music — Gallery — Sussex 


WDRC— HARTFORD 

I Believe  In  Music — Gallery — Sussex 

Beautiful  Sunday — Daniel  Boone — Mercury 

City  Of  New  Orleans — Arlo  Guthrie — Reprise 

Burning  Love — 'Elvis  Presley — RCA 

Ben. — Michael  Jackson — Motown 

Speak  To  The  Sky — Rick  Springfield — Capitol 

WQAM— MIAMI 

Starting  All  Over  Again — Mel  & Tim — Stax 
You're  Still  A Young  Man — Tower  Of  Power 
— W.B. 

Put  It  Where  You  Want  It — Crusaders — Blue 
Thumb 

Honky  Cat — Elton  John — Uni 
Everybody  Plays  The  Fool — Main  Ingredient 
—RCA 

Join  Together — The  Who — Decca 


WCOL — COLUMBUS 

Burning  Love — Elvis  Presley — RCA 
I Believe  In  Music — Gallery — Sussex 
Use  Me — Bill  Withers — Sussex 
You  Wear  It  Well — Rod  Stewart — Mercury 
A Piece  Or  Paper — Gladstone — ABC 
Starting  All  Over  Again — Mel  & Tim — Stax 


WF’OP— HARTFORD 

For  Emily,  Whenever  I May  Find  Her — Simon 
& Garfunkel — Columbia 
Play  Me — Neil  Diamond — Uni 
Use  Me — Bill  Withers — Sussex 
Speak  To  The  Sky — Rick  Springfield — Capitol 
America — Yes — Atlantic 

Nights  In  White  Satin — Moody  Blues — Deram 

KLEO — WICHITA 

Nights  In  White  Satin — Moody  Blues — Deram 
Lookin’  Through  The  Window — Jackson  5 — 
Motown 

Listen  To  The  Music — Doobie  Bros. — W.B. 

A Piece  Of  Paper— Gladstone — ABC 


WAYS — CHARLOTTE 

My  Ding-A-Ling — Chuck  Berry — Chess 
Black  & White — 3 Dog  Night — Dunhill 
Everybody  Plays  The  Fool — Main  Ingredient 
—RCA 

Starting  All  Over  Again — Mel  & Tim — Stax 


WOKY — MILWAUKEE 
If  You  Leave  Me  Tonight  I’ll  Cry — Jerry 
Wallace — Decca 

Garden  Party — Rick  Nelson — Decca 
Play  Me — Neil  Diamond — Uni 
Speak  To  The  Sky — Rick  Springfield — Capitol 
Everybody  Plays  The  Fool — Main  Ingredient 
— RCA 

Easy  Livin’ — Uriah  Heep — Mercury 
Thunder  & Lightning — Chi  Coltrane — 
Columbia 

Only  Love  Can  Break  Your  Heart — Jackie 
DeShannon — Atlantic 

KIOA— DES  MOINES 

I’m  Still  In  Love  With  You — Al  Green — Hi 
Saturday  In  The  Park — Chicago — Columbia 
Back  Stabbers — O'Jays — Phil.  Int’l. 

Play  Me — Neil  Diamond — Uni 
Honky  Cat — Elton  John — Uni 
Everybody  Plays  The  Fool — Main  Ingredient 
—RCA 

WTIX— NEW  ORLEANS 
Wish  It  Would  Rain — Johnny  Adams — 
Atlantic 

Why — Donny  Osmond — MGM 
Back  Stabbers — O’Jays — Phil.  Int’l. 

Everybody  Plays  The  Fool — Main  Ingredient 
—RCA 

Black  & White — 3 Dog  Night — Dunhill 


WSAI — CINCINNATI 

Popcorn — Hot  Butter — Musicor 

You  Wear  It  Well — Rod  Stewart — Mercury 


KILT-— HOUSTON 
Thunder  & Lightning — Chi  Coltrane — 
Columbia 

Starting  All  Over  Again — Mel  & Tim — Stax 
Easy  Livin' — Uriah  Heep — Mercury 
Everybody  Plays  The  Fool — Main  Ingredient 
—RCA 

Witchy  Woman — Eagles — Asylum 
Magic  Mirror — Leon  Russell — Shelter 


WLAV — GRAND  RAPIDS 

Burning  Love — Elvis  Presley— RCA 
Speak  To  The  Sky — Rick  Springfield — Capitol 
Play  Me — Neil  Diamond — Uni 
A Piece  Of  Paper — Gladstone — ABC 


WPRO— PROVIDENCE 

Small  Beginnings — Flash — Capitol 

Go  All  The  Way — Raspberries — Capitol 

Nights  In  White  Satin — Moody  Blues — Deram 

Gone — Joey  Heatherton — MGM 

Rock  & Roll — Part  2 — Gary  Glitter — Bell 


WBAM — MONTGOMERY 

Good  Time  Charlie’s  Got  The  Blues — Danny 
O’Keefe — Signpost 
Witchy  Woman — Eagles — Asylum 
It's  The  Way  Nature  Planned  It — Four  Tops 
— Motown 

Plastic  Smile — George  Wallace  Jr. — Sundi 


WDGY — MINNEAPOLIS 

Pop  Corn — Hot  Butter — Musicor 
Down  By  The  River — Albert  Hammond — 
Mums 

Best  Thing — Styx — Wooden  Nickel 
Easy  Livin’ — Uriah  Heep — Mercury 
Everybody  Plays  The  Fool — Main  Ingredient 
— RCA 

Rock  Me  On  The  Water — Jackson  Browne — 
Asylum 


WLS — CHICAGO 

Join  Together — The  Who — Decca 
Power  Of  Love — Joe  Simon — Spring 
Easy  Livin’ — Uriah  Heep — Mercury 


WIXY — CLEVELAND 

Popcorn — Hot  Butter — Musicor 
Good  Time  Charlie’s  Got  The  Blues — Danny 
O'Keefe — Signpost 

My  Ding-A-Ling — Chuck  Berry — Chess 


KAKC — TULSA 
Ben — Michael  Jackson — Motown 
Garden  Party — Rick  Nelson — Decca 
Burning  Love — Elvis  Presley — RCA 
Power  Of  Love — Joe  Simon — Spring 
Put  It  Where  You  Want  It — Crusaders — Blue 
Thumb 

Use  Me — Bill  Withers — Sussex 

Nights  In  White  Satin — Moody  Blues — Deram 


WFIL— PHILADELPHIA 

Everybody  Plays  The  Fool — Main  Ingredient 
— RCA 

You're  Still  A Young  Man — Tower  Of  Power 
— W.B. 


WHLO— AKRON 

Go  All  The  Way — Raspberries — Capitol 
Burning  Love — Elvis  Presley — RCA 
Why — Donny  Osmond — MGM 
Jackie  Wilson  Said — Van  Morrison — W.B. 

If  I Could  Reach  You — 5th  Dimension — Bell 


WING — DAYTON 

Popcorn — Hot  Butter — Musicor 
Back  Stabbers — O’Jays — Phil.  Int’l. 
Garden  Party — Rick  Nelson — Decca 
Motorcycle  Mama — Sailcat — Elektra 
In  Time — Engelbert  Humperdinck — Parrot 
The  Guitar  Man — Bread — Elektra 
Sweet  Inspiration — Barbra  Streisand — 
Columbia 

Go  All  The  Way — Raspberries — Capitol 
I’m  Still  In  Love  With  You — Al  Green — Hi 


WLEE— RICHMOND 

Misty  Blue — Joe  Simon — Spring 
Listen  To  The  Music — Doobie  Bros. — W.B. 
Use  Me — Bill  Withers — Sussex 
Love  Song — Tommy  James — Roulette 
Waiting  Line — Spyder’s  Gang — Scepter 
You  Wear  It  Well — Rod  Stewart — Mercury 
For  Emily,  Whenever  I May  Find  Her — Simon 
& Garfunkel — Columbia 


CKLW— DETROIT 

Use  Me — Bill  Withers — Sussex 
Why  Can't  We  Be  Lovers — Holland-Dozier — 
Invictus 

Popcorn — Hot  Butter — Musicor 
My  Ding-A-Ling — Chuck  Berry — Chess 
Honky  Cat — Elton  John — Uni 

WCAO — BALTIMORE 

You  Wear  It  Well — Rod  Stewart — Mercury 
City  Of  New  Orleans — Arlo  Guthrie — Reprise 
This  World — Staple  Singers — Stax 
For  Emily,  Whenever  I May  Find  Her — Simon 
& Garfunkel — Columbia 
Rock  Me  On  The  Water — Jackson  Browne — 
Asylum 

Pop  That  Thang — Isley  Bros. — T-Neck 

WM  PS— MEMPHIS 

Ben — Michael  Jackson — Motown 
Speak  To  The  Sky — Rick  Springfield — Capitol 
Garden  Party — Rick  Nelson — Decca 
Rock  Me  On  The  Water — -Jackson  Browne — 
Asylum 

Nights  In  White  Satin — Moody  Blues- — Deram 
America — Yes — Atlantic 
Put  It  Where  You  Want  It — Southern  Fried 
- — Cream 

WIBG — PHILADELPHIA 

Garden  Party — Rick  Nelson — Decca 
Starting  All  Over  Again — Mel  & Tim — Stax 
Good  Time  Charlie’s  Got  The  Blues — Danny 
O’Keefe — Signpost 
You  Give  Me  The  Strength — -Mob 
If  I Could  Reach  You — 5th  Dimension — Bell 

WGLI — BABYLON 

Run  To  Me — Bee  Gees — Atco 
Nights  In  White  Satin — Moody  Blues — Deram 
You're  Still  A Young  Man — Tower  Of  Power 
—W.B. 

Honky  Cat — Elton  John — Uni 
Play  Me — Neil  Diamond — Uni 
Power  Of  Love- — Joe  Simon — Spring 
Go  All  The  Way — Raspberries — Capitol 
Rock  & Roll — Part  2 — Gary  Glitter — Bell 

KQV— PITTSBURGH 

Lonely  Together — Gravel — Columbia 
Lookin’  Through  The  Window — Jackson  5 — 
Motown 

Popcorn — Hot  Butter — Musicor 
Go  All  The  Way — Raspberries — Capitol 

KLIF— DALLAS 

Buzzy  Brown — Tim  Davis — Metromedia 
Tight  Rope — Leon  Russell — Shelter 
Thunder  & Lightning — Chi  Coltrane — 
Columbia 

Burning  Love — Elvis  Presley — RCA 
Don’t  Ever  Be  Lonely — Cornelius  Bros.  & 
Sister  Rose — U.A. 

Don't  Ask  Me  Why — Alzo — Bell 

With  Pen  In  Hand — Bobby  Goldsboro — U.A. 

You  Wear  It  Well — Rod  Stewart — Mercury 


WIRL— PEORIA 

You’re  Still  A Young  Man — Tower  Of  Power 
— W.B. 

Honky  Cat — Elton  John — Uni 
Speak  To  The  Sky — Rick  Springfield — Capitol 
Nights  In  White  Satin — Moody  Blues — Deram 
Summer  Sun — Jamestown  Massacre — W.B. 

WIFE— INDIANAPOLIS 

Power  Of  Love — Joe  Simon — Spring 
Join  Together — The  Who — Decca 
Beautiful  Sunday — Daniel  Boone — Mercury 
Nights  In  White  Satin — Moody  Blues — Deram 
You’re  Still  A Young  Man — Tower  Of  Power 
— W.B. 

WM  EX— BOSTON 

Honky  Cat — Elton  John — Uni 
Play  Me — Neil  Diamond — Uni 
Baby  Let  Me  Take  You  In  My  Arms — Detroit 
Emeralds — Westbound 
Loving  You  Just  Crossed  My  Mind — Sam 
Neely — Capitol 

Jackie  Wilson  Said — Van  Morrison — W.B. 
Tight  Rope — Leon  Russell — Shelter 
Everybody  Plays  The  Fool — Main  Ingredient 
—RCA 

Love  Song — Tommy  James — -Roulette 
This  World — Staple  Singers — Stax 
If  I Could  Reach  You — 5th  Dimension — Bell 
Sweet  Caroline — Bobby  Womack  & Peace — 
U.A. 

KCBQ — SAN  DIEGO 

My  Ding-A-Ling — Chuck  Berry — Chess 
Honky  Cat — Elton  John — Uni 
Saturday  In  The  Park — Chicago — Columbia 
Black  & White — 3 Dog  Night — Dunhill 
Hold  Your  Head  Up — Argent — Epic 

KYA— SAN  FRANCISCO 

Saturday  In  The  Park — Chicago — Columbia 
Baby  Let  Me  Take  You  In  My  Arms — Detroit 
Emeralds — Westbound 

KNDE— SACRAMENTO 

Nights  In  White  Satin — Moody  Blues — Deram 
I Can  See  Clearly  Now — Johnny  Nash — Epic 

KISN — PORTLAND 

Don’t  Ever  Be  Lonely — Cornelius  Bros.  & 
Sister  Rose — U.A. 

Everybody  Plays  The  Fool — Main  Ingredient 
— RCA 

Loving  You  Just  Crossed  My  Mind — Sam 
Neely — Capitol 

KHJ— LOS  ANGELES 

Starting  All  Over  Again — Mel  & Tim — Stax 
Burning  Love — Elvis  Presley — RCA 
One  More  Chance — Ocean — Kama  Sutra 

KJR — SEATTLE 

Bangaladesh — Billy  Preston — Apple 
Dancing  In  The  Moon  Light — King  Harvest 
- — Perception 

Think  About  It — Lynn  Collins — People 

WWRL — NEW  YORK 
Good  Times — Cool  & The  Gang — De-Lite 
From  The  Love  Side — Hank  Ballard — Polydor 
Open  House  At  My  House — Little  Johnny 
Taylor — Ronn 

Why  Can’t  We  Be  Lovers — Lamont  Dozier — 
Invictus 

Slaughter — Billy  Preston — A&M 

WVON — CHICAGO 

Second  Chance — Z.  Z.  Hill — Mankind 
Toast  To  A Fool— The  Dramatics — Volt 
May  The  Best  Man  Win — Ollie  Nightingale — 
Zanzee 

Let  Me  Down  Easy — Chairman  of  the  Board 
— Invictus 

If  You  Let  Me — Eddie  Kendrix — Tamla 
Everybody  Plays  The  Fool — Main  Ingredient 
—RCA 

Somebody  Is  On  Your  Case — Ann  Peebles — 
Hi 

I’m  So  Tired — Bobby  Bland — Duke 

WIGO— ATLANTA 

Get  It  All — Mandrill — Polydor 

Get  It  While  You  Can — Wilbert  Harrison — 

Hot  Line 

When  The  Bottom  Falls  Out — Ike  Perkins 
■ — Apt. 

The  Final  Come  Down — Grant  Green — Blue 
Note 

KGFJ— LOS  ANGELES 

Open  House  At  My  House — Little  Johnny 
Taylor — Ronn 

Guess  Who — B.  B.  King — ABC 
School  Of  Life — Tommy  Tate — Koko 
I'll  Play  The  Blues  For  Yeu — Albert  King — 
Stax 

Woman,  Don’t  Go  Astray — King  Floyd — 
Chimneyville 

How  Could  I Let  You  Get  Away — Spinners — 
Atlantic 

Stinky  Boom  Boom,  Too  Cold — Brenton  Wood 


CASH  BOX  TOP  TEX  HITS-August  29 , 1959 

1.  There  Goes  My  Baby — Drifters — Atlantic 

2.  A Big  Hunk  Of  Love — Elvis  Presley — RCA  Victor 

3.  Lonely  Boy — Paul  Anka — ABC  Paramount 

4.  My  Heart’s  An  Open  Book — Carl  Dobkins  Jr. — Decca 

5.  Lavender  Blue — Sammy  Turner — Big  Top 

6.  What  A Difference  A Day  Makes — Dinah  Washington — Mercury 

7.  What’d  I Say — Ray  Charles — Atlantic 

8.  Sea  Of  Love — Phil  Phillips — Decca 

9.  Three  Bells — The  Browns — Monument 

10.  Thank  You  Pretty  Baby — Brook  Benton — Mercury 


THE  BIG  THREE 

1.  Everybody  Plays  The  Fool — Main  Ingredient — RCA 

2.  Play  Me — Neil  Diamond — Uni 

3.  Honky  Cat — Elton  John — Uni 


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Cash  Box  — August  26,  1972 


Presenting 
Roy  Buchanan’s 
first  album.  I 

and  some  of  your  reasons 
for  stocking  it. 


WNET/ 13  introduced  him  on  television 
with  a IV2  hour  documentary  that’s  played  on 
over  200  stations  (every  major  market). 

He  recently  filled  every  seat  in  Carnegie 
Hall  prior  to  his  ever  having  an  album  released. 

The  reviews  and  superlatives  on  Roy’s 
playing  are  incredible.  So  is  the  word-of-mouth. 

Roy  Buchanan  is  exclusively  1 
on  Polydor  Records  and  Tapes  I poivcior 


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THE  5TH  DIMENSION  (Bell  261) 

If  I Could  Reach  You  (3:08)  (Hello  There  Music,  ASCAP — R.  McNeill) 

Soft  piano  intro  sets  the  mood  for  a classic  5th  Dimension  effort  certain  to 
soar  to  new  chart  heights.  Single  was  culled  from  their  gold  “Individually  & 
Collectively”  LP.  Flip:  no  info  available. 


CORNELIUS  BROTHERS  & SISTER  ROSE  (UA  50954) 

Don’t  Ever  Be  Lonely  (A  Poor  Little  Fool  Like  Me)  (2:58)  (Unart  Music/Stage 
Door,  BMI — E.  Cornelius) 

Group  follows  up  their  number  one  “Too  Late  To  Turn  Back  Now”  effort 
with  another  solid  performance  guaranteed  to  keep  their  string  of  hits  alive. 
Single  will  score  in  both  pop  and  r&b  markets.  Flip:  no  info  available. 


BILLY  PRESTON  (A&M  1380) 

Slaughter  (2:46)  (Irving/W.E.P. /Dijon  Music,  BMI — Preston) 

Billy  Preston  is  guaranteed  another  chart  topper  via  this  theme  from  a 
motion  picture  of  the  same  name.  Song  rocks  from  beginning  to  end  in 
typical  Preston  style.  Flip:  “God  Loves  You”  (2:55)  (Irving/W.E.P.  Music, 
BMI — Preston) 


SOLOMON  BURKE  (MGM  14425) 

Misty  (2:52)  (Vernon  Music,  ASCAP — Garner,  Burke) 

Solomon  Burke  revives  this  great  Erroll  Garner  classic  adding  to  it  new 
depth.  Solid  r&b  hit  with  wide  pop  cross-over  potential  could  find  single  as  an 
across  the  boards  smash.  Flip:  “Get  Up  And  Do  Something  For  Yourself” 
(3:10)  (The  Kid’s  Music,  BMI — Burke-Burke) 

JONATHAN  KING  (UK  49002) 

It's  A Tall  Order  For  A Short  Guy  (2:42)  (Mainstay  Music,  BMI — King) 

Jonathan  King  should  encounter  little  difficulty  in  bringing  this  one  home. 
With  it’s  funky  instrumental  accompaniment  and  interesting  lyrical  content, 
teens  are  sure  to  love  it  to  death.  Flip:  “Learned  Tax  Counsel”  (1:42)  (same 
credits) 

JOHNNY  ADAMS  (Atlantic  2905) 

I Wish  It  Would  Rain  (3:27)  (Jobete,  BMI — Strong-Whitfield-Tenzabene) 

Magnificent  remake  of  vintage  Temptations  tune  is  destined  to  cop  both 
pop  and  r&b  honors.  Could  turn  into  a giant  record  with  proper  exposure. 
Flip:  no  info,  available. 


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LAURA  LEE  (Hot  Wax  7207) 

If  You  Can  Beat  Me  Rockin’  (You  Can  Have  My  Chair)  (2:52)  (Gold  Forever, 
BMI — Hoi  land- Dozier- Dunbar) 

Third  single  culled  from  Laura’s  album  follows  “Rip  Off”  with  all  the  neces- 
sary excitement  needed  to  insure  instant  chart  success.  A rocker  from  start 
to  finish.  Flip:  no  info  available. 

GRATEFUL  DEAD  (Fillmore  7627) 

Johnny  B.  Goode  (4:05)  (Arc  Music,  BMI — C.  Berry) 

From  “The  Last  Days  Of  The  Fillmore”  album  comes  this  live  Grateful  Dead 
offering  of  vintage  Chuck  Berry  material  certain  to  cop  immediate  FM  airplay 
across  the  country.  Legions  of  Dead  fans  could  make  this  one  a chart  item. 
Flip:  no  info  available. 

THE  TEMPREES  (We  Produce  1808) 

Dedicated  To  The  One  I Love  (3:32)  (Trousdale  Music,  BMI — Pauling-Bass) 
Soothing  and  sincere  remake  of  Shirells  chart  topper  is  redone  in  exquisite 
r&b  fashion.  Looks  as  if  The  Temprees  will  go  all  the  way  to  the  top  with  this 
one.  Great  sales  in  both  pop  and  r&b  markets.  Flip:  no  info,  available. 

ROGER  MILLER  (Mercury  73321) 

Rings  For  Sale  (2:59)  (Tree,  BMI — J.  Hadley) 

Back  to  his  “Husbands  and  Wives”  style,  Roger  delivers  what  could  be  his 
biggest  pop  effort  in  some  time.  Fascinating  lyric  and  musical  arrangement 
make  for  instant  listening  pleasure.  Flip:  “Conversation”  (2:26)  (Low-Sal, 
BMI — Buie-J.  R.  Cobb) 


DANNY  HAMILTON  (Dunhill  4320) 

Don’t  Wait  Up  For  Me  Tonight  (2:36)  (Trousdale/Soldier  Music,  BMI — 
Lambert,  Potter) 

Since  the  separation  of  Hamilton,  Joe  Frank  & Reynolds,  Danny  Hamilton, 
one  third  of  the  combo,  has  decided  to  go  it  alone  via  a commercial  Lambert/ 
Potter  tune  that’s  going  to  attract  lots  of  AM/top  40  attention  in  the  weeks 
to  come.  Flip:  No  info,  available. 

HOLLYWOOD  FREEWAY  (Deram  7534) 

I Been  Moved  (3:15)  (Heiress  Music,  BMI— J.  Barry — A.  Kim) 

Super  commercial  treatment  of  this  fine  Jeff  Barry-Andy  Kim  song  should 
meet  with  mighty  listener  response  and  chart  success.  Flip:  “Cool  Calamares” 
(2:45)  (Leeds  Music,  ASCAP — Aldred). 

LOVE  SALVATION  (Bell  254) 

See  See  Rider  (3:08)  (MCA  Music,  ASCAP — Rainey) 

Group  delves  into  the  gold  mine  for  this  traditional  Ma  Rainey  tune  which 
they  deliver  with  new  enthusiasm.  Flip:  “I  Believe”  (2:25)  (Jude-Anne/Warner 
Bros.  Music,  ASCAP — Carmichael) 

RONNIE  McNEIR  (RCA  74-0777) 

In  Summertime  (2:45)  (Mikim,  BMI — McNeir) 

Production  work  resembles  "Walkin’  In  The  Rain  With  The  One  I Love”  but 
the  tuneful  melody  is  pleasingly  original.  Should  be  a simultaneous  soul  and 
pop  hit  with  exposure.  Flip:  “Young  Girl”  (2:58)  (same — McNeir,  Moore) 


( Choice  Programming 


Choic#  Proirimminf  selections  are  singles  which,  in 
the  opinion  of  our  reviewing  staff,  are  iweervmg  erf 
special  programmer  consideration. 


V 


RUBY  JONES  (Curtom  1976) 

You  Better  Run  (2:34)  (Slacsar  Mu- 
sic, BMI — Cavaliere,  Brigati)  Ancient 
Young  Rascals  hit  is  done  up  in  fine 
r&b  fashion  in  mighty  bid  for  Ruby 
Jones’  first  chart  record.  This  could 
be  the  one.  Flip:  no  info  available. 

BEVERLY  BREMERS  (Scepter 
12363) 

I’ll  Make  You  Music  (3:02)  (Dramatis 
Music,  BMI — B.  Roberts)  Steadily 
gaining  in  popularity,  Beverly  Bre- 
mers should  easily  be  able  to  gain 
immediate  pop  exposure  via  her  latest 
effort.  Solid  song  with  fine  vocal  per- 
formance— as  usual.  Flip:  “I  Made  A 
Man  Out  Of  You,  Jimmy”  (2:35) 
(Hexachord  Music,  BMI — Pomus- 
Herch) 

TOM  PAXTON  (Reprise  1110) 

Jesus  Christ  S.R.O.  (3:42)  (UA  Mu- 
sic, ASCAP — Paxton)  From  his  most 
recent  “Peace  Will  Come”  album, 
Paxton  delivers  the  continuing  story 
of  the  latest  Broadway  celebrity.  This 
satirical  venture  should  find  favor 
with  all  FM’ers.  Flip:  “Peace  Will 
Come”  (2:33)  (same  credits) 

PURE  FOOD  & DRUG  ACT  (Epic 
5-10907) 

Eleanor  Rigby  (2:55)  (Maclen  Music, 
BMI — Lennon-McCartney)  Rock  in- 
terpretation of  the  Lennon/McCartney 
tune  provides  an  interesting  look  at 
group  newly  signed  to  Epic.  Record 
should  serve  to  introduce  group  to 
many  top  40’s.  Flip:  “My  Soul’s  On 
Fire”  (4:20)  (Stuff/Stash  Music,  AS- 
CAP — - J.  Mercer)  Maryann  Price 
Conte) 


BUCKWHEAT  (London  184) 

Hey  Little  Girl  (3:28)  (Sicum,  AS- 
CAP— S.  Lindell)  Group  has  evolved 
into  a white  parallel  to  Sly  Stone  & 
Family.  Funky  upper  that  could  break 
with  exposure.  Flip:  “Good  Book” 

(2:52)  (same — Campbell,  Durham, 
Smotherman) 

BILL  BLACK’S  COMBO  (Mega  0086) 
Night  Train  (2:55)  (Fi*ederick,  BMI — 
Washington,  Simplkins,  Forrest) 
Could  just  be  the  bunny  hop’s  cornin’ 
back.  Historic  rock  instrumental  is 
given  a faithful  treatment.  Flip: 
“Bluff  City  Cookin’”  (2:33)  (Bill 
Black,  ASCAP — Gladney,  Herbert, 
Rogers) 

JACKIE  BURNS  (JMI  8) 

(If  Loving  You  Is  Wrong)  I Don’t 
Want  To  Be  Right  (2:49)  (East/Mem- 
phis/Klondike, BMI — Banks,  Jackson 
& Hampton)  MOR/pop-country  side 
of  Luther  Ingram’s  r&b  crossover 
giant.  The  feminine  touch  gives  the 
tune  some  addition  reason  to  stick 
around.  Flip:  “A  World  Of  Lonely 
Men”  (2:49)  (Jack,  BMI— V.  Matth- 
ews) 

JEAN  KNIGHT  (Stax  0136) 

Helping  Man  (2:53)  (Malaeo/Music 
Score,  BMI — J.  Harris,  V.  Williams) 
Gal  who  told  us  about  “Mr.  Big 
Stuff”  is  now  high  on  a new  friend. 
He  could  help  her  back  up  the  pop 
and  soul  charts.  Flip:  “Pick  Up  The 
Pieces”  (2:33)  (same  credits) 

MARIAN  LOVE  (Mercury  73320) 

I Want  To  (Do  Everything  For  You) 
(2:42)  (Tree,  BMI — J.  Tex)  Funky 
r&b’er  penned  by  Joe  Tex  should  cap- 
ture wide  audience  response  as  it  for- 
ges its  way  to  chart  honors.  Flip: 
“Nobody  But  You”  (2:21)  (Tree, 
BMI— P.  Kelly) 


PAUL  MAURIAT  (Verve  10682) 
Theme  From  A Summer  Place  (2:17) 
(Warner  Bros.  Music,  ASCAP  — 
Steiner)  Interesting  rendition  to  old 
favorite  should  give  Mauriat  renewed 
chart  success  in  the  weeks  to  come. 
Flip:  “Apres  Toi  (Come  What  May)” 
(3:06)  (Intersong  USA/Chappell  & 
Co.;  ASCAP-Panas-Munro-Newell) 

BONZO  DOG  BAND  (UA  50943) 
Slush  (2:20)  (WB  Music,  ASCAP— 
Innes)  There’s  no  question  but  that 
this  could  develop  into  one  of  the 
fastest  selling  records  of  the  year — 
provided  it  can  come  up  with  enough 
stations  to  air  it.  A novelty  all  the 
way,  The  Bonzos  are  as  far  out  as 
ever.  Flip:  no  info,  available. 

HENRY  MANCINI  (RCA  74-0756) 
Theme  From  The  Mancini  Generation 
(2:40)  (Southdale  Music,  ASCAP  — 
Mancini)  Extraordinary  arrangement 
coupled  with  fine  use  of  dynamics 
should  set  many  a turn  table  spinning 
as  Henry  Mancini  debuts  theme  from 
upcoming  TV  series.  Flip:  no  info, 
available. 

CRYSTAL  MANSION  (Rare  Earth 
5047) 

Somebody  Oughta  Turn  Your  Head 
Around  (3:25)  (Ivory/Crystal  Man- 
sion Music,  ? ? ?-Rota-Caswell-Gen- 
tile-MoiTey-Crawford)  Crystal  Man- 
sion really  get  it  on  via  this  rockin 
little  number  guaranteed  to  enlarge 
their  ever  growing  following.  Flip:  no 
info,  available. 

THE  PERSUASIONS  (Capitol  6573) 
The  Ten  Commandments  Of  Love 
(3:10)  (Arc  Music,  BMI  — Paul) 
Group  who  have  been  receiving  much 
less  attention  than  they  deserve,  offer 
yet  another  brilliant  a capella  rendi- 
tion— this  time  of  the  Harvey  & The 
Moonglows  classic.  Positively  delight- 
ful to  hear.  Flip:  no  info,  available. 


DAN  HICKS  & HIS  HOT  LICKS 

(Blue  Thumb  213) 

I’m  An  Old  Cowhand  (From  The  Rio 
Grande)  (2:52)  (Mercer  Music,  AS- 
CAP— J.  Mercer)  Maryann  Price 
steps  into  the  solo  spotlight  for  her 
rendition  of  a Johnny  Mercer  favorite 
certain  to  spark  nostalgia  freaks. 
Flip:  “Woe,  The  Luck”  (5:02)  (Great 
Guns,  ASCAP— Hicks) 

HENRY  GROSS  (ABC  11334) 

Close  My  Eyes  (2:58)  (Wingate  Mu- 
sic, ASCAP — H.  Gross)  With  the  cur- 
rent trend  in  music  leaning  towards 
good  ole  rock  ’n  roll,  this  one  fits 
right  into  place.  Could  be  the  one  to 
bring  Gross  to  national  attention. 
Flip:  no  info,  available. 

MOTT  THE  HOOPLE  (Columbia 

45673) 

All  The  Young  Dudes  (3:33)  (Moth 
Music,  BMI — D.  Bowie)  Group  debuts 
on  Columbia  with  a tune  both  written 
and  produced  by  David  Bowie.  In- 
triguing lyrics  should  make  for  plen- 
ty of  curiosity  spins.  Flip:  “One  Of 
The  Boys”  (5:35)  (Irving  Music, 
BMI— Hunter) 

GARY  PUCKETT  (Columbia  45678) 
Leavin’  In  The  Morning  (3:08)  (Fa- 
mous Music,  ASCAP — L.  Weiss)  Soft 
country  flavored  ballad  should  excite 
all  pop  and  MOR  markets.  As  usual, 
Puckett  is  in  excellent  vocal  form  as 
he  drives  this  one  home.  Flip:  no 
info,  available. 

THE  PIGLETS  (UK  49001) 

This  Is  Reggae  (2:31)  (Mainstay  Mu- 
sic, BMI — J.  King)  Brief  explanation 
of  Reggae  music  is  contained  within 
the  framework  of  this  single  that  is 
certain  to  get  you  off  your  chair  and 
on  to  the  dance  floor.  Could  happen 
big  for  Jonathan  King  composition. 
Flip:  “Blanket  Coverage”  (1:40) 

(Same  credits) 


18 


Cash  Box  — August  26,  1972 


Loving  You 

Just  Crossed  My  Mind 

SAM  NEELY 


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FIRM  SUPPORT  — Actor-singer 
Richard  Harris  supports  Wes  Farrell 
(1)  and  composer  Tony  Romeo  (r)  at 
a press  reception  in  London  where  it 
was  announced  that  Romeo  will  write 
11  original  songs  for  Harris’  new 
album,  as  well  as  produce,  for  the 
Wes  Farrell  Organization. 

Tamburro  To 

Metro  Promo 

NEW  YORK  — Richard  Tamburro 
has  been  named  northeast  regional 
sales  and  promotion  manager  for 
Metromedia  Records.  His  appointment 
was  announced  jointly  by  Mort  Wei- 
ner, Metromedia’s  national  director  of 
promotion,  and  Stan  Monteiro,  na- 
tional director  of  promotion. 

Tamburro  was  formerly  associated 
with  Universal  Distributors  in  Phila- 
delphia. He  succeeds  Steve  Jack,  who 
was  recently  named  southern  regional 
manager  for  Metromedia  Records. 
Jack  will  be  based  in  Miami,  Flo- 
rida, and  will  represent  Metromedia 
through  local  distributors  in  Atlanta, 
Miami,  Nashville,  Memphis,  New  Or- 
leans, Shreveport  and  Dallas. 


Oslander  To 
20th  Music 
| As  GPM 

HOLLYWOOD — Barry  Oslander  has 
| been  named  general  professional  man- 
! ager  for  20th  Century  Music  Corp., 
' according  to  Herbert  N.  Eiseman, 
president  of  the  20th  Century-Fox 
subsidiary. 

Oslander’s  background  in  the  re- 
cording industry  includes  a position 
with  Mercury  Records,  as  well  as  in- 
dependent production  work  with 
Moms  Mabley,  The  Cherry  People 
and  The  Good  Rats. 

Prior  to  joining  20th  Century  Mu- 
sic, Oslander  was  east  coast  profes- 
sional manager  for  April /Blackwood 
Music  Corp.,  a subsidiary  of  CBS. 

Atlantic  Finance 
Names  2 For  Posts 

NEW  YORK — Cordelia  Perkins  has 
been  appointed  assistant  to  the  comp- 
troller, Melvyn  R.  Lewinter,  at  At- 
lantic Records,  it  was  announced  by 
Sheldon  Vogel,  senior  vice-president 
cf  finance. 

For  the  past  three  years  Miss 
Perkins  has  served  as  accounts  re- 
ceivable supervisor.  She  originally 
joined  Atlantic  in  1963  as  a mem- 
ber of  the  bookkeeping  department. 

Born  in  New  York  City,  Miss  Per- 
kins graduated  from  the  Andrew 
Jackson  High  School,  and  now  resides 
in  Queens. 

Also,  Gerald  Bursey  has  been  ap- 
pointed manager  of  the  royalty  de- 
part  merit  at  Atlantic  Records,  ac- 
cording to  Vogel. 

Bursey  joined  Atlantic  in  1971  as 
assistant  to  the  comptroller,  Mel 
Lewinter.  Previous  to  working  in  the 
music  industry,  he  was  assistant  con- 
troller for  the  New  Era  Letter  Co. 


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HOME  FOR  ORPHAN — London  Records  hosted  a party  recently  in  connection 
with  the  launching  of  the  new  group.  Orphan.  The  affair,  hosted  by  London 
Records  New  England’s  Brian  Interland  and  staff,  along  with  a bevy  of 
home  office  brass  from  New  York,  was  held  at  Anthony’s  Pier  4 restaurant 
directly  facing  Boston  Harbor,  with  cocktails  and  dinner  served  aboard  the 
historic  SS  Peter  Stuyvesant.  Pictured  above  from  left  to  right:  Dean  Adrien, 
Orphan  guitarist  and  singer;  Cy  Warner,  London’s  director  of  promotion  from 
New  York  headquarters;  Eric  Lilljequist,  guitarist-singer;  Walt  Maguire, 
London’s  vice  president  for  pop  a&r;  Richard  Adelman,  drummer;  Len 
Gordon,  branch  manager,  London  Records  New  England;  Steve  Abdu,  bass 
player  with  the  group;  Dave  Marshall,  London  promo  exec  from  New  York, 
and  (seated)  Peter  Casperson,  Orphan’s  personal  manager  and  head  of  Boston’s 
Castle  Music  complex. 

The  formal  part  of  the  evening,  featuring  cocktails,  dinner  and  a per- 
formance by  the  group  aboard  the  Stuyvesant,  was  followed  by  a three-hour 
cruise  around  Boston  Harbor. 


Montano  Is 
Sales  Mgr 
Of  Angel 

HOLLYWOOD — Marvin  Beisel,  vice 
president  of  sales  at  Capitol  Records, 
appointed  Raul  Montano  to  the  post 
of  national  classical  sales  manager. 
Montano  succeeds  Fred  Sepanlou, 
who  has  left  the  company. 

In  his  new  position,  Montano  will 
headquarter  in  the  Capitol  Tower 
and  will  be  responsible  for  the  direc- 
tion and  coordination  of  all  sales  and 
promotional  activities  on  behalf  of 
Capitol’s  three  classical  labels — An- 
gel, Melodiya/Angel  and  Seraphim — 
as  well  as  the  newly-launched  Capitol 
International  Series. 

A native  of  Cochabamba,  Bolivia, 
Montano  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1966,  joining  Capitol  in  1968  as  a 
sales  representative  with  the  com- 
pany’s Los  Angeles  distribution  cen- 
ter. In  1969,  he  became  an  Angel 
salesman,  and  in  May,  1970,  he  was 
appointed  midwest  classical  sales  and 
promo  manager,  headquartered  in 
Chicago. 


Stewart 

(Cont’d  from  p.  7) 

Marilyn  Theatre,  thereby  putting 
himself  in  direct  competition  with  the 
Schubert’s,  who  owned  the  Ford  The- 
atre there.  His  success  with  the  the- 
atre chain  was  based  on  a “concert” 
approach,  that  is  picking  up  rights  to 
several  plays  and  putting  them  on  the 
road.  When,  as  he  explains  it,  the 
“star  system”  cut  into  his  type  of 
“communal”  approach,  he  went  into 
the  concert  business,  picking  up  an 
assignment  to  do  a souvenir  pro- 
gram for  the  Golden  Gate  Quartet.  He 
later  managed  the  group  and  got 
them  to  form  their  own  publishing 
company. 

Still  primarily  interested  in  manag- 
ing, Stewart  became  the  manager  of 
the  Four  Lads,  one  of  the  great  re- 
cording success  stories  of  the  50’s. 

At  a time  when  the  group  sound 
had  less  impact,  the  Four  Lads  scored 
many  successes  on  the  Columbia  la- 
bel. 

At  this  point,  Stewart  was  offered 
many  jobs  by  music  publishing  com- 
panies. “This  was  a real  turning 
point,”  he  recalls.  “I  picked  up  ‘No, 
Not  Much,’  which  was  turned  down  by 
Eddie  Fisher,  and  it  became  number  1 
in  three  weeks  in  a version  by  the 
Lads.”  His  company,  Korwin,  was 
sold  in  1961  and  went  international 
through  Box  & Cox,  which  handled 
UA  in  England. 

Stewart  credits  music  publishing 
vet  Larry  Spier  as  the  man  who 
“taught  me  the  publishing  business.” 
“He’d  run  Chappell  for  years,  and 
was  like  my  father  in  the  music  busi- 
ness.” 

When  StewTart  started  his  UA 
career  in  1962,  however,  he  was 
brought  into  the  company  by  David 
Picker,  president,  not  for  his  publish- 
ing properties,  but  for  his  general 
music  business  expertise. 


Pickwick 

(Cont’d  from  p.  7) 

Moss,  Pickwick  Int’l  president,  said, 
“Joe  Kennedy  is  an  expert  of  black 
music  and  its  history.  We  feel  we 
have  matched  the  right  concept — 
Harlem  Hit  Parade — with  the  right 
man.” 

Moss  pointed  to  “the  ability  of 
black  music  to  stand  on  its  own  and 
grow  without  benefit  of  ‘crossover’; 
the  era  when  a black  artist  could  not 
sell  beyond  a certain  amount  of  al- 
bums without  pop  ‘crossover’  is  rap- 
idly disappearing.  Black  music  is  one 
of  the  most  reliable  and  viable  areas 
of  music  today — the  sales  tell  the 
story.  Pickwick  has  vast  experience  in 
marketing  high-quality,  economy- 
priced  pop  product  by  top  stars;  we 
know  it’s  a healthy  and  continually 
growing  market.  We  believe  the  soul 
market  for  top  quality  economy- 
priced  black  music  is  untapped.  We’re 
going  to  apply  our  merchandising  ex- 
perience and  energy  to  this  market.” 


Gortikov 

(Cont’d  from  p.  7) 

local  wholesalers  and  retailers.”  Ten 
states  now  prohibit  piracy  of  sound 
recordings. 

He  urged  the  copyright  specialists 
to  “recognize  the  insidiousness  of  rec- 
ord piracy,  then  join  us  in  doing 
something  about  it.” 

Elimination  of  piracy  “will  be  frus- 
tratingly  slow,”  he  said,  “because  of 
the  marginal  willingness  of  too  many 
victims  to  put  their  money  where 
their  mouth  is  in  the  counter-attack.  I 
include  most  artists,  retailers, 
wholesalers,  rack  jobbers,  and  musi- 
cians; many  publishers  and  even  some 
record  companies  who  are  inadequate- 
ly willing  to  support  the  battle  with 
money  and  action,  unlike  their  under- 
world counterparts.” 

Gortikov  attacked  the  use  of  “roy- 
alty paid”  disclaimers  on  many  pirate 
packages.  He  said  these  disclaimers 
are  designed  to  give  pirate  products 
“an  image  of  fidelity,  nobility,  and 
legitimacy  . . . That’s  a smoke 

screen!” 

Gortikov  also  told  the  copyright 
lawyers  how  they  'could  spot  pirate 
tapes.  “Piracy  at  the  retail  level  is 
pushing  out  into  fresh  fields.  You’ll 
find  them  for  sale  for  $2.50  on  street 
corner  tray-stands,  in  barber  shops, 
camera  stores,  beauty  parlors,  gas 
stations,  greeting  card  stores,  shoe 
shine  stands  and  ‘swap  meets.’  ” 

Most  of  the  recordings  produced  by 
the  industry  “lose  money,  never  sell- 
ing enough  to  recover  their  basic 
recording,  production  and  promotion 
costs,”  he  said.  “Therefore,  a typical 
record  company,  in  order  to  find  and 
develop  new  talent,  make  new  re- 
cordings, and  in  order  to  make  a 
profit,  is  solely  dependent  on  its  rela- 
tively few  better-selling  hit  records 
and  artists  which  manage  to  satisfy 
those  unpredictable  consumer  musical 
tastes.” 


20 


Cash  Box  — August  26,  1972 


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Produced  by  Sonny  Bono  and  Snuff  Garrett 
for  Garrett  Music  Enterprises 
Arranged  by  Michel  Rubini 


From  Cher’s  newest  Kapp  album  Foxy  Lady  KRS-5514 


cashbaxf  talent \ on  stage 


Bette  Midler 

Moogy  & The  Rhythm  Kings 
Gun  Hill  Road 


Tom 

iawid 

CENTRAL  PARK,  NYC— Remember 
the  acoustic  days  of  the  Hootenanny, 
when  the  hero  could  end  the  episode 
by  riding  off  into  the  sunset  with  his 
guitar  slung  over  his  shoulder,  sing- 
ing harmonies  with  the  heroine  and 
his  faithful  horse  Stewball?  But  then, 
the  Beatles  and  electric  music  came 
on  really  strong,  and  it  became  dif- 
ficult to  imagine  the  new  electric  war- 
rior riding  off  into  the  sunset  with  a 
Gibson  Les  Paul  and  two  Marshall 
amplifiers  slung  over  his  aching 
shoulders. 

But  there  are  some  performers  who 
were  around  for  the  Hoots  that  are 
still  with  us  today,  Tom  Rush  and 
David  Blue  being  two  of  them.  To  an 
extent,  they  have  both  bent  with  the 
times  to  accommodate  changing 
trends,  and  this  is  why  they  are  still 
popular  today.  But  to  a certain  ex- 
tent, they  also  stuck  to  their  guns  and 
did  not  bend  their  identities  so  dras- 
tically as  to  lose  their  integrity, 
knowing  that  music  runs  in  cycles 
and  the  trend  would  eventually  re- 
turn to  the  folksinger. 

And  here  in  the  middle  of  our  post- 
Beatle  days  we  find  that  Tom  Rush 
and  David  Blue  were  correct  in  per- 
servering,  awaiting  the  return  of  the 
folkie  but  not  closing  their  minds  to 
electric  rock  while  they  were  wait- 
ing. In  their  recent  double  bill  at 


The  Carpenters 

GREEK  THEATRE,  L.A.  — Aston- 
ishing they’re  not.  Subtly  exciting 
they  are.  If  you  went  to  the  Greek 
Theatre  hoping  to  be  blown  out  of 
your  seat  by  the  Carpenters,  you 
should  have  never  left  your  car.  How- 
ever, if  you  had  come  to  melt  into  a 
mellow  mood,  you  would  have  wished 
the  tunes  had  never  stopped. 

The  Carpenters  were  just  that,  the 
Carpenters.  Their  distinctively  full 
sound  flowed  throughout  the  concert 
with  the  backing  of  an  excellent  or- 
chestra guided  by  the  skillful  touch  of 
Ray  Bloch. 

With  Karen’s  stimulating  voice  the 
affection  of  Richard  Carpenter’s  com- 
posing never  slackened.  Taking  num- 
bers from  all  three  of  their  golden 
albums,  “Close'  to  You,”  “Carpen- 
ters,” and  their  latest,  “A  Song  For 
You,”  they  warmly  seduced  the  audi- 
ence. 

Two  medleys  were  also  included, 
the  first  being  in  honor  of  Burt 
Bacharach  and  some  of  his  crea- 
tions. The  second  was  a refresh- 
ing shift  back  to  the  rock  ’n  roll  era. 
A suprised  and  delighted  crowd  was 
treated  to  such  oldies  as  “Fun,  Fun, 
Fun,”  “Johnny  Angel,”  and  “Johnny 
Be  Good.” 

c.c. 

Sam  Heely 
John  Hammond 

TROLTBADOR,  L.A.  — Sam  Neely  is  a 
soft  spoeken  country  boy  from  Tex- 
as, and  his  folksie,  country  flavored 
music  warmed  the  souls  of  everyone 
at  the  Troubador  last  week. 

His  style  is  gentle  and  soothing. 
“Loving  You  Just  Crossed  My  Mind,” 
a quiet  lullaby,  and  “Jesse  California,” 
an  easy-going  rodeo  song,  well  ex- 
press Sam’s  feelings  for  life  and  peo- 
ple. Neely’s  band  is  good,  including  a 
dixieland  clarinet  in  “Blue  Time,” 
which  rounded  out  a very  pleasant 
set. 

John  Hammond  has  been  around 
for  awhile  playing  blues  along  the 
Muddy  Waters  line.  His  vocals  and 
guitar  work  are  blues  all  the  way. 
Opening  nights  usually  bring  the  jit- 
ters and  Hammond  was  no  exception. 
Although  visibly  nervous  through  his 
first  few  numbers,  he  shook  it  off  well 
with  “Dust  My  Blues,”  and  went  on  to 
finish  with  a good  performance. 

m.a. 


Rush 

Blue 

Central  Park’s  Wollman  Rink,  both 
Rush  and  Blue  showed  that  their 
folk  roots  and  pop  branches  are  here 
and  now  a fine  commercial  combina- 
tion. 

Rush  now  uses  electric  backup,  with 
Trevor  Veitch  on  lead  guitar,  Wayne 
Leslie  on  bass  and  Brian  Post  on 
drums.  But  the  word  backup  must  be 
emphasized — Rush  remains  in  the 
spotlight  as  a folk  figure  while  his 
trio  provides  tasty  fills  rather  than  a 
heavy  group  sound  on  tunes  such  as 
“Merrimac  County”  (from  his  recent 
Columbia  LP  of  the  same  title), 
“Rotunda”  and  a medley  of  “Bo 
Diddiey — Mockingbird.”  Closing  his 
set  with  Murry  McLaughlin’s  “Child’s 
Song,”  using  only  his  folk  guitar  for 
an  intimate  effect,  Rush  was  ready 
for  his  sunset  ride. 

Classifying  himself  as  one  of  the 
last  of  the  lonesome  heroes,  David 
Blue  might  be  the  first  to  ride  off 
into  the  sunrise,  that  is,  after  sing- 
ing “Blues  All  Night  Long.”  Blue 
explained  that  lonesome  heroes  are 
the  kind  that  spend  all  night  waiting 
for  trains  at  airports.  His  originals 
such  as  “House  of  Changing  Faces” 
and  “Another  One  Like  Me”  certain- 
ly show  that  he  is  lonesome,  but  his 
consolation  is  that  he’s  talented,  as 
well. 

nt.p. 


CENTRAL  PARK,  NYC  — It’s  an  act 
like  Bette  Midler  that  really  wakes 
you  up  to  the  fact  that  pre-release 
showmanship  coupled  with  good  PR 
can  excite  more  than  an  LP  let  loose 
on  an  unsuspecting  market.  By  the 
time  her  Atlantic  debut  album  is 
ready,  the  world  will  be  ready  for 
her.  Hot  diggity! 

Her  four-piece  group  was  aug- 
mented with  three  more  instrumental- 
ists and  a female  chorus,  Red  Light 
District.  The  vocal  trio  first  hits  you 
as  kind  of  freaked-out-menopausal 
Ronettes,  but  after  a song  or  two, 
you  see  how  effective  they  are  musi- 
cally. Not  overly  polished,  but 
straight-faced  and  committed.  Bette 
herself  has  created  a new  world  to 
explore — that  of  cabaret  rock.  And 
though  her  following  right  now  tends 
to  be  the  gay  community  and  some 
keenly  attuned  straight/freaks,  her 
potential  appeal  is  virtually  unlim- 
ited. To  compare  her  to  established  tal- 
ents, one  has  to  compile  a long  list, 
many  of  whom  fall  outside  of  the 
musical  community — ‘Mae  West,  Belle 
Barth,  Streisand,  Cagney,  and  Joe 
Cocker  all  come  to  mind  at  one  point 
or  another.  To  be  sure,  Bette  has 
created  a bridge  between  the  nostal- 
gia for  the  thirties  (with  her  Dorothy 


Lamour  shtick)  with  that  for  the  six- 
ties (“Leader  Of  The  Pack”  and 
“Chapel  Of  Love”  are  unbelievable). 
Right  now,  she  looks  to  be  the  best  of 
the  new  showpersons  of  the  year.  Her 
theme  song  is  Buzzy  Linhart’s 
“Friends.”  Under  the  keen  ear  of  mu- 
sic director  Barry  Manilow,  Bette’s 
gonna  have  more  than  she  can  cope 
with  very  soon. 

Capitol’s  Moogy  (Klingman)  & The 
Rhythm  Kings  have  the  distinction  of 
being  a guitar-less  quartet  with  two 
keyboards.  Their  material  is  no 
stranger  to  the  funky  melody  lne, 
but  alas,  none  of  the  four  is  quite  up 
to  the  vocal  mellowness  much  of  their 
strong,  original  repertoire  could  use. 
At  times  succeeding  quite  well  on  the 
instrumental  side  of  the  scorecard, 
they  need  more  work  on  harmonies 
before  the  “I  don’t  dig  that  rough 
stuff”  crowd  come  over  to  their  side 
of  the  music. 

It’s  been  a year  since  we’ve  seen 
Gun  Hill  Road.  They  have  used  the 
time  to  perfect  a pop  harmony  sound 
with  the  addition  of  some  new  mate- 
rial to  broaden  their  scope.  Their  best 
tune  however  is  still  “42nd  Street.” 
The  group  is  presently  between  con- 
tracts. 

r.a. 


Theatre  Review; 

Jesus  Christ 
Superstar 

PALACE  THEATRE,  LONDON— 
Judging  by  initial  reactions  Jesus 
Christ  Superstar  is  all  set  to  become 
one  of  London’s  longest  running  mu- 
sicals. The  Tim  Rice-Andrew  Lloyd 
Webber  rock  opera,  which  opened  at 
the  Palace  Theatre  last  week,  has 
been  much  talked  of  in  this  country 
but  the  double  album  has  refused  to 
sell  here  despite  massive  promotion 
by  both  MCA  and  Decca.  However, 
judging  by  the  asking  price  for  tic- 
kets by  touts  outside  the  theatre  it’s 
going  to  be  a popular  show.  It’s  not 
surprising  either.  The  performers 
were  almost  faultless,  the  produc- 
tion finer  than  many  long  running 
musicals,  and  the  costumes  on  a par 
with  “My  Fair  Lady”.  One  got  the 
impression  that  nothing  had  been 
spared  and  the  attention  to  every 
slight  detail  was  very  noticeable.  It’s 
a pity,  though,  that  something  other 
than  hand  mikes  could  not  have  been 
used.  The  great  object  with  a long 
leash  being  passed  from  hand  to 
hand  was  incongruous  to  say  the  least 
although  its  presence  was  minimal- 
ised  by  its  use  as  a stage  prop  rather 
than  mechanical  device.  Jesus  played 
by  Paul  Nicholas  and  Stephen  Tate 
as  Judas  were  the  exceptional  per- 
sonalities both  voices  reaching  the 
right  pitch  of  emotion  and  it  was  only 
Mary  Magdalene  (Dana  Gillespie) 
who  could  not  quite  reach  the  inno- 
cence sustained  by  Yvonne  Elliman  in 
“I  Don’t  Know  How  To  Love  Him”. 
Lighter  comedy  'was  superbly  sup- 
plied by  Paul  Jabara  as  Herod  in 
“King  Herod’s  Song”.  Direction  by 
Jim  Sharman.  k.t, 

Three  Dog  Night 
Set  TV  Special 

TV  SPECIAL  — If  you  flick  on  your 
tube  this  Thursday  night  (24th)  at 
8:30,  you’ll  be  confronted  with  a tele- 
vision first.  Three  Dog  Night  has 
signed  with  ABC-T.V.  to  headline  a 
special  that  will  be  broadcasted  na- 
tionwide. 

Produced  by  Dick  Clark  Enter- 
prises, the  half  hour  program  will 
mark  a rare  TV  performance  from  the 
group,  appearing  with  special  guest 

Roberta  Flack. 


Sonny  & Cher 

ARIE  CROWN  THEATER,  CHICA- 
GO— If  an  act’s  success  is  measured 
by  the  extent  of  the  audience’s  re- 
sponse to  it  then  we  must  honestly 
report  that  the  Sonny  & Cher  show 
in  Arie  Crown  Theater  was  indeed 
a success.  The  room  was  packed  and 
the  crowd  very  enthusiastic. 

The  audience  was  obviously  made 
up  largely  of  television  viewers,  ac- 
customed to  the  pair’s  weekly  tele- 
vision dialogue  and  perfectly  content 
to  sit  through  a rather  monotonous 
recapitulation  of  same.  Nothing  un- 
expected happened  on  stage.  Cher 
made  sport  of  Sonny’s  ethnic  back- 
ground, Sonny  played  the  fool  and 
this  went  on  and  on. 

Our  musical  appetites  were  whet- 
ted briefly  at  the  opening  of  the 
show  during  a very  exciting  Sonny 
& Cher  medley  of  “I  Got  You  Babe,” 
“The  Beat  Goes  On,”  “All  I Ever 
Need  Is  You”  and  “Without  You,” 
but  this  was  shortlived.  The  only 
other  bright  spot  of  the  evening  was 
Cher,  in  solo  (and  looking  great  in 
a 2 pc.  white  gown)  doing  “Gypsies, 
Tramps  & Thieves”  and  “Way  Of 
Love.” 

C.C. 

NBC  To  Air 
Boots  Special 

NEW  YORK— “Star  Spangled  Boots” 
an  hour-long  musical  special  starring 
Boots  Randolph,  will  be  aired  on  NBC- 
TV  Tuesday.  August  29  (8:30-9:30 
p.m.  CDT). 

Fully  sponsored  by  Bissell,  Inc., 
the  program  features  as  guest  stars 
Chet  Atkins,  Doc  Severinsen  and 
Barbara  McNair. 

Music  ranging  from  popular  songs 
to  favorite  hymns  will  be  offered  by 
the  “Yakety-Sax”  specialist. 

The  colorcast,  taped  in  Nashville, 
Tennessee  also  spotlights  comedian 
Gordie  Tapp  (regular  on  the  Hee 
Haw  Show)  and  Today’s  Children, 
a group  featured  on  Severinsen’s 
concerts. 

Randolph’s  solos  include  “King  of 
the  Road”  and  “Light  My  Fire”. 

Severinsen’s  selections  include 
“Brother  Love’s  Traveling  Salvation 
Show”  (assisted  by  Today’s  Child- 
ren) ; Atkins  picks  a medley  of 
“Dixie”  and  “Yankee  Doodle”  and 
Miss  McNair  sings  “We’ve  Only  Just 
Begun.” 


Dr.  Hook  & 

The  Medicine  Show 
Michael  Murphey 

BITTER  END,  NYC  — The  Texas 
troubadour  image  is  no  mere  tum- 
bleweed. At  least,  not  when  the  visage 
and  music  belongs  to  one  Michael 
Murphey,  whose  first  A&M  LP  was 
produced  by  Bob  Johnston.  As  fine  a 
debut  LP  as  “Geronimo’s  Cadillac” 

is,  it  gives  only  half  the  impact  of 
Mike’s  live  performance.  Since  those 
sessions,  his  voice  has  become  more 
controlled  and  comfortable;  the  more 
you  hear  his  music,  the  more  it  gets 
to  you. 

The  only  annoying  thing  about  a 
first  listen  to  Murphey’s  material  is 
that  your  attention  is  divided  three 
ways.  The  sheer  poetry  of  the  lyric, 
the  melody  lines  which  are  more  than 
just  hummable  and  the  fine  band 
he’s  put  together  (with  a pedal  steel 
that  makes  its  point  without  taking 
over) — all  compete  for  your  undi- 
vided attention.  On  stage,  the  group 
harmonies  are  positively  hypnotic, 
especially  on  “Alleys  Of  Austin.” 
While  maintaining  a general  mellow 
mood  throughout,  he  can  and  does 
let  loose  with  rockers  like  “Harbor 
For  My  Soul.”  Mike  gave  out  small 
rainbow  prints  to  his  audience  before 
the  set,  but  the  truest  can  be  found 
in  his  music.  “The  King”  of  the 
Texas  singer/composer  scene  (NOT 
a self-proclaimed  title,  we  may  add) 
certainly  has  a broadening  kingdom 
ahead  of  him. 

Columbia’s  7-man  excursion  into 
comic  folk- rock,  Dr.  Hook  & The 
Medicine  Show,  rely  more  than  any 
other  musical  entourage  on  the  punch- 
line and  the  guffaw.  For  a septet, 
they  don’t  do  a whole  lot  musically, 
but  they  give  a totally  involving 
frenetic  show  with  their  vocal  and 
theatrical  elements.  Besides,  if  the 
music  was  too  busy,  you’d  never  get 
all  the  Shel  Silverstein  humor.  The 
group  is  at  their  best  when  their 
material  is  satirical  and/or  raunchy 
as  hell,  as  in  “On  The  Cover  Of  Roll- 
ing Stone”  and  “Eagle  Blues,”  the 
latter  being  their  most  hilarious  stage 
number  and  one  which  wears  well 
repeated  exposures. 

It’s  probably  the  understatement 
of  the  year  to  say  that  there’s  no 
act  even  resembling  them.  And  “Syl- 
via’s Mother”  is  not  even  the  half  of 

it.  Their  new  single,  “Carry,  Carry 
Me”  should  keep  that  medicine  movin’. 

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ELTON  JOHN  (UNI  93135)  4 

SIMON  & GARFUNKEL’S 
GREATEST  HITS 

(Columbia  KC  31350)  (CT/CS  31350)  1 


33  YOU  DON’T  MESS  AROUND 
WITH  JIM 

JIM  CROCE  (ABC  X 756)  (8/5  756)  35 


ALL  TOGETHER  NOW 

ARGENT  (Epic  KE  31556)  40 


SCHOOL’S  OUT 

ALICE  COOPER  (BS  2623)  (L8/L5  2623) 


BIG  BAMBU 

CHEECH  & CHONG  (Ode  SP  77014)  (8T/CS  77014) 


35  OBSCURED  BY  CLOUDS 

PINK  FLOYD  (Harvest  ST  11078)  37 

(8XT/4XT  11078) 


36  THE  OSMONDS  LIVE 


(MGM  2SE-4826)  28 


A SONG  FOR  YOU 

CARPENTERS  (A&M  SP  3511)  (8T/CS  3511) 


MOODS 


NEIL  DIAMOND  (Uni  93136)  8 


ELVIS  AT  MADISON  SQUARE 
GARDEN 

(RCA  LSP  4776) 


EXILE  ON  MAIN  STREET 

ROLLING  STONES  (Rolling  Stone  2-2900) 
,(TP/CS  2-2900) 


CARLOS  SANTANA  & BUDDY 
MILES!  LIVE! 

(Columbia  KC  31308)  (CS/CT  31308)  11 


NEVER  A DULL  MOMENT 

ROD  STEWART  (Mercury  SRM-1-646)  17 

(MC-8-1-646)  (MCR-4-1-646) 


CARNEY 

LEON  RUSSELL  (Shelter  SW  8911)  (8XW/4XW  8911)  14 


TRILOGY 

EMERSON,  LAKE  & PALMER  (Cotillion  5D  9903)  15 

(TP/CS  9903) 


14  STILL  BILL 


BILL  WITHERS  (Sussex  SXBS  7014)  12 


SEVEN  SEPARATE  FOOLS 

3 DOG  NIGHT  (Dunhill  DSD  501'18)  (8/5  50118)  20 


16 


LOOKIN'  THROUGH  THE  WINDOWS 

JACKSON  5 (Motown  M 750  L)  10 
(M8  1750)  (M75  750) 


17 

18 


SON  OF  SCHMILSSON 

HARRY  NILSSON  (RCA  4717)  (P8S/PK  1954)  18 


THICK  AS  A BRICK 

JETHRO  TULL  (Reprise  MS  2072)  13 


HIMSELF 

GILBERT  O’SULLIVAN  (Mam  4)  (Dist:  London)  45 


DADDY  DON’T  YOU  WALK 
SO  FAST 

WAYNE  NEWTON  (Chelsea  CHE  1001)  24 

(P8CE/PKCE  1001) 


37  SOMETIME  IN  NEW  YORK  CITY 

John  & Yoko/ Plastic  Ono  Band/ Elephant’s  Memory  30 
(Apple  SUBB  3392)  (8XT/4XT  3392) 


38  AMAZING  GRACE 

ROYAL  SCOTS  DRAGOON  GUARDS  (RCA  LSP  4744)  23 

(P8S/PK  2080) 


SAINT  DOMINIC'S  PREVIEW 

VAN  MORRISON  (W.B.  BS  2633)  (M8/M5  2633)  47 


| SUPER  FLY 

CURTIS  MAYFIELD — Original  Motion  Picture  Soundtrack  51 
(Curtom  CR8  8014) 


41  BUMP  CITY 

TOWER  OF  POWER  (Warner  Bros.  BS  2616)  42 


42  MUSIC  OF  MY  MIND 

STEVIE  WONDER  (Tamla  314)  43 


LONG  JOHN  SILVER 

JEFFERSON  AIRPLANE  (Grunt  FTR  1007)  54 


44  FLASH 


(Capitol  SMAS  11040)  (8XT/ 11040)  44 


45  FIRST  TAKE 

ROBERTA  FLACK  (Atlantic  SD-8230)  36 

(TP/CS  8230) 


BROTHER,  BROTHER.  BROTHER 

THE  ISLEYS  (T-Neck  TNS  3009)  55 


47  HOT  ROCKS  1964-1971 

ROLLING  STONES  (London  2 PS  606/7)  52 


48  LAYLA 

49  LOOKING  GLASS 


DEREK  & DOMINOS  (Atco  SD  2-704)  34 

(TP/CS  1-704) 


(Epic  KE  31320)  53 


FULL  CIRCLE 

DOORS  (Elektra  EKS  75038)  (ET  85038)  (TC  55038)  62 


LET’S  STAY  TOGETHER 

AL  GREEN  (HI  6HL  32070)  57 


52  EAT  A PEACH 

ALLMAN  BROS.  BAND  (Capricorn  2 CP  0102)  41 

(8/5  0102) 


53  UNDERSTANDS 

BOBBY  WOMACK  (United  Artists  UAS  5577)  48 


54  THERE  IT  IS 

JAMES  BROWN  (Polydor  PD  5028)  50 


21 


ROBERTA  FLACK  & 

DON  NY  HATHAWAY 

(Atlantic  SD  7216)  (TP  7216)  (CS  7216)  19 


22 


PROCOL  HARUM  LIVE 

WITH  THE  EDMONTON  SYMP.  ORCH.  (A&M  SP  4335)  16 

(8T/CS  4339) 


23 

24 


DISTANT  LIGHT 


HOLLIES  (Epic  KE  30758)  25 


AMAZING  GRACE 

ARETHA  FRANKLIN  (Atlantic  SD  2-906)  21 

(TP/CS  2-906) 


25 

26 
27 


THE  LAST  DAYS  OF  THE  FILLMORE 

VARIOUS  ARTISTS  (Epic  3X  31390)  (W.B.  C-5/C-8  2637)  26 


GODSPELL 

ORIGINAL  CAST  (Belt  1102)  (8/5  1102)  27 


EAGLES 


(Asylum  SD  5054)  (TP/CS  5054)  22 


THE  LONDON  CHUCK  BERRY 
SESSIONS 


Chess  CH  60020) 

33 

29 

TOO  YOUNG 

DONNY  OSMOND  (MGM  SE  4584) 

32 

30 

HARVEST 

NEIL  YOUNG  (Reprise  MS  2032) 
(8-2032)  (5-2032) 

29 

29 

31 

HISTORY 

OF  ERIC  CLAPTON 

(Atco  2-802)  (TP  2-802)  (CS  2-802) 

31 

3 2 

DEMONS 

& WIZARDS 

URIAH  HEEP  (Mercury  SRM  1-630 

34 

55  HOW  DO  YOU  DO? 

MOUTH  & MacNEAL  (Phillips  700-000)  56 


56  TAPESTRY 


CAROLE  KING  (Ode  77009)  60 


57  JOPLIN  IN  CONCERT 

JANIS  JOPLIN  (Columbia  C 2X31160)  38 


58  CLOSE  UP 


TOM  JONES  (Parrot  XPAS  71055)  59 


59  HAPPIEST  GIRL  IN  THE 
WHOLE  U.S.A. 

DONNA  FARGO  (Dot  DOS  26000)  (Dist:  Famous)  65 


60  BLOODROCK  LIVE 

(Capitol  SVBB  11038)  (8XT/4XT  11033)  49 


61  FOXY  LADY 


CHER  (Kapp  KRS  5514)  66 


62  A LONELY  MAN 

CHI-LITES  (Brunswick  754179)  64 


63  PORTRAIT  OF  DONNY 

DONNY  OSMOND  (MGM  SSE-4820)  61 


64  DONNY  HATHAWAY  LIVE 

(Atco  SD  33-386)  (TP/ OS  33-386)  46 


^ THE  SLIDER 
66  ACE 


T.  REX  (Reprise  2095)  78 

BOB  WEIR  (Warner  Bros.  2627)  (M3/M5  2627)  67 


SOUL  ZODIAC 

NAT  ADDERLEY  SEXTET  (Capitol  SVBB  11025)  73 

(8XT/4XT  11025) 


m 


68 


70 


71 

72 


74 


76 

77 

78 


79 

80 


82 


84 


86 

87 

88 
89 


91 

92 

93 


94 


95 

96 

97 


99 

100 


I WROTE  A SIMPLE  SONG 

BiLLY  PRESTON  (A&M  3507)  (8T  3607)  (CS  3507) 


58 


CORNELIUS  BROTHERS  & 
SISTER  ROSE 

United  Artists  UAS  5568) 


TEASER  AND  THE  FIRE  CAT 

CAT  STEVENS  (A&M  SP  4313) 
(8T  4313)  (CS  4313) 


CRUSADER  I 


(Blue  Thumb  BTS  6001)  69 


BEALTITUDE:  RESPECT  YOURSELF 

STAPLE  SINGERS  (Stax  STS  3002)  76 


ALL  DIRECTIONS 

TEMPTATIONS  (Gordy  G962)  12^ 


COLORS  OF  THE  DAY 

JUDY  COLLINS  (Elektra  SKS  75030) 


BEGINNINGS 

RICK  SPRINGFIELD  (Capitol  11047) 
(8XT/4XT  11047) 


63 

90 


IT’S  JUST  BEGUN 

JIMMY  CASTOR  BUNCH  (RCA  LSP  4640)  (P8F  1888) 


68 


MANASSAS 

STEPHEN  STILLS  (Atlantic  SD  2-903-0996) 


70 


PET  SOUNDS/CARL  & 

THE  PASSIONS— SO  TOUGH 

BEACH  BOYS  (Reprise  2MS  2083)  (2L8/2L5  2083) 


72 


UPENDO  Nl  PAMOJA 

THE  RAMSEY  LEWIS  TRIO  (Columbia  KC  31096) 
(CT/CS  31096) 


83 


COME  FROM  THE  SHADOWS 

JOAN  BAEZ  (A&M  SP  4339)  (8T/CS  4339) 


86 


JERMAINE 

JERMAINE  JACKSON  (Motown  M 752  L)  115 


THE  GODFATHER 

ORIGINAL  SOUNDTRACK  (Paramount  PAS  1003) 
(PA8/PAC  1003) 


79 


HOBO'S  LULLABY 

ARLO  GUTHRIE  (Reprise  MS  2060)  101 


THE  RISE  & FALL  OF  ZIGGY  STAR- 
DUST & THE  SPIDERS  FROM  MARS 

DAVID  BOWIE  (RCA  LSP  4702)  85 


(P85/PK  1932) 


SEALED  WITH  A KISS 

BOBBY  VINTON  (Epic  KE  31642)  (EA/ET  31642) 


96 


SAMMY  DAVIS  JR.  NOW 

(MGM  SE  4832) 


63 


AMERICA 

(Warner  Bros.  GS  2576)  (8-2576)  (5-2576) 


77 


GRAHAM  NASH  & DAVID  CROSBY 

(Atlantic  SD  7-220)  (TP  7-220)  (CS  7-220)  81 


JAZZ  BLUES  FUSION 

JOHN  MAYALL  (Polydor  PD  5027) 


91 


RASPBERRIES 

(Capitol  & SK  11036)  (8XT/4XT  11036)  102 


JEFF  BECK  GROUP 

(Epic  KE  31331)  (EA/ET  31331) 


74 


PAUL  SIMON 

(Columbia  KC  30750)  (CA  30750)  (CT  30750) 


92 


MARK.  DON  & MEL  1969-71 

GRAND  FUNK  RAILROAD  (Capitol  SABB  11402) 
(P8S/PK  1932) 


84 


SMOKIN' 

MOVE  ALONG 


HUMBLE  PIE  (A&M  SP  4342) 
(8T/CT  4342) 


85 


GRASS  ROOTS  (Dunhill  DSX  50112)  (8/5  50112) 

ALL  DAY  MUSIC 

WAR  (United  Artists  UAS  5546) 


87 

88 


LOVE  THEME  FROM 
"THE  GODFATHER” 

ANDY  WILLIAMS  (Columbia  KC  31303) 


89 


THE  GUESS  WHO  LIVE  AT 
THE  PARAMOUNT 

(RCA  LSP  4779)  (PX  2056)  (P8S  2056) 


BABY  I’M  A WANT  YOU 

BREAD  (Elektra  EKS  75015) 
(8T  5014)  (5-5014) 


98 


FRAGILE 

YES  (Atlantic  SD  7211)  (TP  7211)  (CS  7211) 


mm 


101 

102 

m 

104 

105 


107 

108 
109 

«• 

111 

112 

113 

114 

115 

116 
117 


SPICE  OF  LIFE 

JERRY  BUTLER  (Mercury  SRM  2 7502)  107 

f^EET  THE  BRADY  BUNCH 

(Paramount  6032)  100 

MOTORCYCLE  MAMA 

SAILCAT  (Elektra  EKS  75029)  122 

MESSAGE  FROM  THE  PEOPLE 

RAY  CHARLES  (ABC  755)  (8/5  755)  93 

SF  AN  ANGEL  CAME  TO  SEE  YOU, 
WOULD  YOU  MAKE  HER  FEEL  AT 
HOME 

BLACK  OAK  ARKANSAS  (Atco  SD  7008)  103 

IN  TIME 

ENGELBERT  HUMPERDINCK  (Parrot  XPAS  71056)  136 

I GOTCHA 

JOE  TEX  (Dial  DL602)  (DC8-6002)  (DCR4-6002)  113 

FM  & AM 

GEORGE  CARLIN  (Little  David  LD  7214)  105 

THE  CONCERT  FOR  BANGLA  DESH 

VARIOUS  ARTISTS  (Apple  STCX  3385)  110 

(CAX  31230)  (ZXT  31230) 

NICE  TO  BE  WITH  YOU 

GALLERY  (Sussex  SXB  7017)  124 

DR.  HOOK  & THE  MEDICINE  SHOW 

(Columbia  KC  30898)  (CA  30898)  (ST  30898)  94 

BLESS  YOUR  HEART 

FREDDIE  HART  (Capitol  ST  11073)  (8XT/4XT  11073)  106 

MANDRILL  IS 

(Polydor  5025)  (8F  5025)  (4F  5025)  95 

SOUL  CLASSICS 

JAMES  BROWN  (Polydor  SC-5401)  99 

REST  IN  PEACE 

STEPPENWOLF  (Dunhill  DSX  50124)  (8/5  50124)  104 

THE  STYLISTICS 

(Avco  AV  33023)  116 

SHAFT 

ORIGINAL  SOUNDTRACK  (Enterprise  & MGM)  123 
(EN  2-5002)  (ENC  2-6002) 


118  CHEECH  & CHONG 

(Ode  77010)  (8XT  77010)  (CS  77010) 

119  CABARET 

ORIGINAL  SOUNDTRACK  (ABC  ABCD  752 
(085-1049)  (OK  1049) 

120  ALL  TIME  GREATEST  HITS 

JOHNNY  MATHIS  (Columbia  KG  31345) 
(CS/CT  31345) 

121  POWERGLIDE 

NEW  RIDERS  OF  THE  PURPLE  SAGE 
(Columbia  KC  31284) 

122  THE  FIRST  TIME  EVER  (I  SAW 
YOUR  FACE) 

JOHNNY  MATHIS  (Columbia  KC  31342) 
(CT/CS  31342) 

A SUNSHINY  DAY 

CHARLEY  PRIDE  (RCA  LSP  4772)  (PX  1997)  (P8S  1997) 

124  LIGHTHOUSE  LIVE 

(Evolution  3014)  (Dist:  Stereo  Dimension) 

125  PEOPLE  HOLD  ON 

EDDIE  KENDRICKS  (Tamla  T 315L) 
<T8  1315)  (T75  3157) 

126  TELL  ME  THIS  IS  A DREAM 

DELPHONICS  (Philly  Groove  1154) 

127  KILLER 

ALICE  COOPER  (Warner  Bros.  2567) 
(8-2567)  (5-2567) 

128  NIGHT  IS  STILL  YOUNG 

SHA  NA  HA  (Kama  Sutra  KSBS  2050) 

129  SOMETHING/ANYTHING 

TODD  RUNDGREN  (Bearsville  2066)  (8/5  2066) 

FLYING  HIGH  TOGETHER 

SMOKEY  ROBINSON  & THE  MIRACLES  (Tamla  T 318L) 

(Dist:  Motown) 

131  MACHINE  HEAD 

DEEP  PURPLE  (WB  BS  2607)  (8-2607)  (5-2607) 

132  SANFORD  & SON 


121 

133 

125 

134 

135 

108 

• 

109 

137 

130 

138 

- 

139 

126 

140 

116 

141 

142 

133 

143 

132 

144 

145 

134 

146 

111 

147 

- 

148 

114 

149 

128 

150 

R & B TOP  60 


BLUE  RIVER 

ERIC  ANDERSEN  (Columbia  KC  31355)  137 

(CS/CT  31335) 

REMEMBERING  YOU 

CARROLL  O’CONNOR  (A&M  SP  4340)  (8T/CS  4340)  131 

THE  ROAD  GOES  EVER  ON 

MOUNTAIN  (Windfall  5502)  118 

RARE  HENDRIX 

JIMI  HENDRIX  (Trip  TLP  9500)  (8T/CAT  9500)  — 

(Dist:  UDC) 

EVERYTHING  YOU  ALWAYS 
WANTED  TO  KNOW  ABOUT 
THE  GODFATHER 

THE  CRAZY  GANG  (Columbia  KC  31608)  117 
(CT/CS  31608) 

CAPTAIN  BEYOND 

(Capricorn  CP  0105)  (M8/M5  0105)  140 

ROY  CLARK  COUNTRY! 

(Dot  DOS  25997)  141 

SMOKIN’  O.P.’S 

BOB  SEGER/SKIP  KNAPE  (Palladium  P 1006)  142 

THE  BEST  OF  JERRY  REED 

(RCA  LSP  4729)  (P8S/PK  4729)  135 

AL  GREEN 

(Bell  6076)  (8/5  6076)  — 

GRAVE  NEW  WORLD 

STRAWBS  (A&M  SP  4344)  146 

FABULOUS  RHINESTONES 

(Just  Sunshine  JJS  1)  147 

LONESOMEST  LONESOME 

RAY  PRICE  (Columbia  KCP  31546)  150 

HARD  ATTACK 

OUST  (Kama  Sutra  KSBS  2059)  149 

MARDI  GRAS 

CREEDENCE  CLEARWATER  REVIVAL  (Fantasy  9404)  119 

NORMA  DELORIS  EGSTROM 

PEGGY  LEE  (Capitol  11077)  — 

MUSIC 

CAROLE  KING  (Ode  77013)  (8T  7013)  (CS  77013)  148 

A NIGHT  ON  THE  TOWN 

BROWNSVILLE  STATION  (Bell  2010)  (8/5  2010)  — 


2 


4 

5 

6 
7 


9 

10 


BACK  STABBERS 

O’Jays  (Phila.  International  3517)  3 

(Dist:  Epic) 

I’M  STILL  IN  LOVE  WITH  YOU 

Al  Green  (Hi  2216)  (Dist:  London)  1 

POWER  OF  LOVE 

Joe  Simon  (Spring  128)  (Dist:  Polydor)  5 

POP  THAT  THANG 

Islcy  Bros.  (T-Neck  935)  (Dist:  Buddah)  2 

ZING  WENT  THE  STRINGS 
OF  MY  HEART 

Trammps  (Buddah  306)  8 

I MISS  YOU 

Harold  Melvin  & Blue  Notes  4 

(Phil.  Int’l  3516)  (Dist:  Epic) 

WHERE  IS  THE  LOVE 

Rcberta  Flack  & Donny  Hathaway  6 

(Atlantic  2879) 

EVERYBODY  PLAYS  THE  FOOL 

Main  Ingredient  (RCA  0731)  14 

IF  LOVING  YOU  IS  WRONG 

Luther  Ingram  (Koko  2111)  7 

(Dist:  Stax) 

BABY  LET  ME  TAKE  YOU 

(IN  MY  ARMS) 

Detroit  Emeralds  (Westbound  203)  10 

THIS  WORLD 

Staple  Singers  (Stax  137)  16 

MY  MAM,  A SWEET  MAN 

Millie  Jackson  (Spring  127)  18 

(Dist:  Polydor) 

COULD  NEVER  BE  HAPPY 

notions  (Volt  40983)  (Dist:  Stax)  13 

TW  INTO  DARKNESS 

■ lewis  (Columbia  634)  21 

HE  GHETTO 

'i'ntor  (Fame  91000)  11 

U.i 


16 

HONKY  TONK— PART  1 

• 

WHOLY  HOLY 

46 

WALK  ON  BY 

James  Brown-Soul  Train  (Polydor  14129) 

12 

Aretha  Franklin — Atlantic  2901 

42 

Dells  (Cadet  5691) 

40 

• 

GOOD  FOOT— PART  1 

32 

SITTING  ON  A TIME  BOMB 

47 

1 DON’T  WANT  TO  DO  WRONG 

James  Brown  (Polydor  14139) 

24 

Honey  Cone  (Hot  Wax  7205) 

23 

Love.  Peace  & Happiness  (RCA  0740) 

48 

18 

LEAN  ON  ME 

Bill  Withers  (Sussex  235) 

15 

33 

(Dist:  Buddan) 

WE’VE  COME  TOO  FAR 

• 

ONE  LIFE  TO  LIVE 

The  Mar.hattans  (De  Luxe  139) 

(Dist:  Buddah) 

TO  END  IT  NOW 

• 

CLOSE  TO  YOU 

Jerry  Butler  & Brenda  Lee  Eager 

26 

Smokey  Robinson  & The  Miracles 
(Tamla  54220)  (Dist:  Motown) 

27 

49 

BREAD  BOX  OF  LOVE 

Ted  Taylor  (Ronn) 

50 

(Mercury  73301) 

% 

SWEET  CAROLINE 

50 

OPEN  HOUSE  AT  MY  HOUSE 

20 

TOO  LATE  TO  TURN 

Bobby  Womack  & Peace — U.A.  50946 

47 

Little  Johnny  Taylor — Ronn  64 

54 

BACK  NOW 

35 

TOUCHING  ME 

51 

FOOL’S  PARADISE 

Cornelius  Bros.  & Sister  Rose 
(U.A.  50910) 

9 

Ovations  (Sounds  of  Memphis  708) 
(Dist:  MGM) 

34 

Sylvers  (Pride  1001)  (Dist:  MGM) 

55 

21 

PUT  IT  WHERE  YOU  WANT  IT 

36 

WOMAN  DON’T  GO  ASTRAY 

52 

(IT’S  THE  WAY) 

Crusaders  (Blue  Thumb  208) 

19 

King  Floyd  (Chimneyville  443) 

38 

NATURE  PLANNED  IT 

22 

(Dist:  Famous) 

37 

SOMEBODY’S  ON  YOUR  CASE 

4 Tops  (Motown  1210) 

60 

STARTING  ALL  OVER  AGAIN 

Mel  & Tim  (Stax  127) 

25 

Ann  Peebles  (Hi  2219)  (Dist:  London) 

41 

53 

YOU'RE  STILL  A YOUNG  MAN 

• 

DING-A-LING 

Chuck  Berry  (Chess  2131) 

35 

38 

TELL  ME  THIS  IS  A DREAM 

Delphonics  (Philly  Groove  172) 

36 

54 

Tower  of  Power  (W.B.  7612) 

HONEY  1 STILL  LOVE  YOU 

• 

HOW  COULD  1 LET  YOU 
GET  AWAY 

39 

WHATEVER  TURNS  YOU  ON 

Travis  Wammock  (Fame  91001) 

44 

55 

Mark  IV  (Mercury  73319)  — 

MY  MIND  KEEPS  TELLING  ME 

Spinners  (Atlantic  2904) 

31 

% 

FREDDIE’S  DEAD 

Eddie  Holman  (GSF  6873) 

— 

• 

THINK 

Curtis  Mayfield  (Curton  1975) 
(Dist:  Buddah) 

— 

56 

PLAY  IT  BY  EAR 

Lyn  Collins  (People  608) 
(Dist:  Polvdor) 

33 

41 

LOVE,  LOVE,  LOVE 

Sam  Russell  (Playboy  5013) 

— 

26 

THE  COLDEST  DAYS 

J.  R.  Bailey  (Toy  3801) 

39 

57 

GIVING  UP  FOOD  FOR  FUNK 

OF  MY  LIFE 

(Dist:  Neighborhood) 

JB’s  (People  610)  (Dist:  Polydor) 

— 

Chi-Lites  (Brunswick  55478) 

20 

42 

DON’T  TAKE  MY  KINDNESS 

58 

COME  BACK  CHARLESTON 

27 

TOAST  TO  THE  FOOL 

FOR  WEAKNESS 

BLUE 

Dramatics  (Volt  1206) 

30 

Soul  Children  (Stax  132) 

46 

Donny  Hathaway  &■  Margie  Joseph 
(Atlantic  6899) 



28 

OUTA  SPACE 

43 

GUESS  WHO 

Billy  Preston  (A&M  1320) 

22 

B.  B.  King  (ABC  11330) 

52 

59 

DEDICATED  TO  THE  ONE  1 

29 

LOOKIN'  THROUGH  THE 

t All  Ik  I nAlll 

• 

BEN 

LOVE 

Temprees  (We  Produce  1808) 

WINDOW 

Jackson  5 (Motown  1205) 

32 

m 

Michael  Jackson  (Motown  1207) 

— 

(Dist:  Stax) 

30 

WE  THE  PEOPLE— PART  1 

SLOW  MOTION 

Johnny  Williams — Phila.  Int’l  3518 

59 

60 

RITA 

Arthur  Conley  (Capricorn  0006) 

Soul  Searchers  (Sussex  236) 

37 

(Dist:  Epic) 

(Dist:  W.B.) 

^^Any  station  involving  itself  in  an  anti-drug  campaign  is  really  involving  itself  in 
the  betterment  of  the  community. 

Jimmy  Bishop 
WDAS-Philadelphia 

All  stations  should  be  involved  in  their  community  for  the  benefit  of  the  station  as  well  as 
the  people  it  serves.  The  search  for  Sam  Stone  is  a perfect  example  how  to  do  just  that. 

Jay  Butler 


WJLB-Detroit 

••  You  figure  out  what  the  people  really  care  about  and,  at  this  point,  it  seems  to  be 

about  the  same  everywhere,  people  care  about  the  drug  problem,  so  a radio  station  has  to 
do  something  about  the  drug  problem,  a radio  station  has  to  do  something  to  make  the 
people  have  a better  understanding  of  the  drugs  they’re  confronted  with. 

Buzz  Bennett  interview  (Part  III) 
in  the  Bob  Hamilton  Report 


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SAM  STONE” 

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NEW  YORK— THE  ROLLING  STONES:  A SPACE  IN  TIME  (PART  TWO)— 

IMAGE  & STYLE  , u ...  t . . 

While  the  1964  Beatles  looked  like  your  every  day,  run  of  the  mill-typical 
British  band.  The  Rolling  Stones  looked  like  a bunch  of  menacing,  good  for 
nothing  trouble  makers.  The  Beatles  all  wore  matching  suits  and  ties,  and 
The  Stones  wore  anything  they  wanted  to.  They  never  ever  looked  pretty,  but 
rather,  mean,  raunchy,  and  full  of  contempt.  And  their  music  was  merely  an 
extension  of  their  image. 

I can  recall  buying  a copy  of  the  first  Stones  album.  I was  in  a huge  discount 
record  store  browsing  through  the  racks  of  newly  released  albums  when  I came 
across  an  album  that  said  "England’s  Newest  Hitmakers.”  I paused  I had  never 
before  heard  of  The  Rolling  Stones.  "What  an  ugly  band,”  I thought  to  myself. 
They  don’t  look  like  stars!  They  didn’t  even  get  dressed  up  to  take  this  album 
cover  picture!  To  make  a long  story  short,  I bought  the  album.  I was  curious,  I 
guess.  I was  intrigued  by  the  song  titles:  "Not  Fade  Away,  I Just  Wanna  Make 
Love  To  You,”  "I’m  A King  Bee,”  "Honest  I Do.”  I suppose  what  impressed  me 
most  after  a quick  listening  was  the  intensity  and  raunchiness  of  the  music.  Now 
I understood.  Anyone  who  would  come  out  and  sing  “Well,  I’m  a king  bee, 
buzzin'  around  your  hive  . . .”  would  not  put  on  a suit  and  tie  to  take  album  cover 
photos.  From  then  on,  The  Rolling  Stones  had  become  my  heroes. 

Unlike  The  Beatles,  whose  clean-cut  attire  and  good  looks  had  prompted  many 
television  appearances  and  teen  magazine  write-ups,  The  Stones  were  subject 
to  a music  business  first  by  virtue  of  The  Official  Anti-Rolling  Stones  Fan  Club. 
Impossible  as  it  may  seem,  there  actually  was  a concentrated  effort  to  ban  the 
Stones!  Fortunately  it  failed! 


HOLLYWOOD— WHAT’S  GOOD  FOR  THE  GOOSE 

MGM  has  its  lion.  RCA  has  its  dog.  Asylum  has  its  Eagles.  Shelter  has  its 
chicken.  Or  had.  The  Shelter  chicken  has  gone  over  the  fence  with  not  a little 
assistance  from  Superman  through  his  exercise  of  ownership  of  the  former  Shelter 
logo,  the  familiar  red  “S”  inside  of  a shield  background,  which  legally  forced 
Shelter  to  abandon  the  logo  and  emotionally  forced  the  company  to  bid  farewell 
to  Superchicken. 

The  legal  difficulties  with  the  former  Shelter  logo  arose  about  a year  ago  when 
Marvel  Comics  noticed  the  similarity  between  the  logo  and  Clark  Kent’s  laundry. 
Kent’s  supersuit.  Marvel  reasoned,  was  a copyrighted  symbol  that  might  have 
been  marginally  acceptable  on  a record  label  but  certainly  had  no  place  on  a 
chicken.  So  Marvel  went  to  court  and  obtained  a cease  and  desist  order  against 
Shelter. 

The  ownership  of  the  logo  was  never  seriously  disputed  by  Denny  Cordell, 
president  of  Shelter  Records.  “We  thought  that  the  Superman  logo  was  a tre- 
mendous joke.  We  thought  that  Clark  Kent  and  Lois  Lane  and  one  and  all  would 
see  the  joke,  but  they  didn’t.  They  objected  to  the  use  of  the  logo  because  of  lack 
of  corporate  humor.  It’s  a great  joke,  but  we’ve  got  to  think  of  our  stockholders.” 
Which  brings  us  to  the  owners  of  Marvel  Comics — Kinney,  that  is  Warner  Com- 
munications, Inc.,  who  coincidentally  own  three  well-known  record  companies 
none  of  which  is  Shelter,  a fact  that  caused  not  a few  big  wigs  in  the  industry  to 
cry  “fowl.”  ii 

But  did  Shelter  give  a cluck  about  this  setback?  Not  a bit.  The  medium  is 
the  plumage,  they  reasoned,  and  immediately  replaced  the  Shelter  chicken  with  a 


It  should  be  noted  that  the  only  thing  The  Beatles  and  Stones  had  in  common 
was  that  they  were  all  from  England.  Any  other  similarities  between  the  two 
bands  should  be  quickly  and  quietly  dismissed.  Their  music  and  lyrics  were 
totally  dissimilar.  Their  styles  and  images,  completely  opposite. 

Through  the  expert  guidance  ol  Brian  Epstein,  The  Beatles  were  taught  to  be 
polite,  courteous,  and  friendly.  To  say  ‘please’  and  ‘thank  you.’  And  to  appeal 
to  as  many  people  as  possible.  The  Stones,  then  managed  by  Andrew  Loog  Old-  j 
ham,  were  taught  nothing  of  the  sort.  They  were  five  individuals  who  played 
music  together,  and  that  was  their  only  concern.  The  Stones  never  really  bothered 
to  be  precise.  While  The  Beatles  were  well  into  two  and  three  part  harmony, 
The  Stones  were  into  projecting  their  honesty  and  life-styles  into  a song.  While 
The  Beatles  were  singing  “I  Wanna  Hold  Your  Hand,”  “She  Loves  You,”  “Please, 
Please  Me,”  “All  My  Loving,”  "Till  There  Was  You,”  and  “Thank  You  Girl,”  The 
Rolling  Stones  were  shouting  “Empty  Heart,”  “I  Just  Wanna  Make  Love  To  You,” 
“It’s  All  Over  Now,’’  "Satisfaction,”  and  “Play  With  Fire.”  The  difference  was 
obvious.  The  Rolling  Stones  showed  disdain  for  women,  morals,  and  just  about  j 
everything  in  general.  But,  that's  the  way  they  were.  That's  the  way  they  lived.  | 
And  it  follows  then,  that  that’s  the  way  their  music  was  shaped. 

Though  many  of  the  Stones’  songs  had  attained  national  recognition,  (Not 
Fade  Away,  Tell  Me,  Time  Is  On  My  Side,  Heart  Of  Stone),  it  wasn’t  until  the 
spring  of  1965  that  the  entire  country  was  taken  by  storm.  For  in  May  of  that 
year,  a Jagger/Richard  composition  entitled  “(I  Can't  Get  No)  Satisfaction”  was 
released.  And  apart  from  sparking  sales  of  fuzz  tones,  it  went  on  to  become  the  | 
first  million  selling  Rolling  Stones  song.  Now,  the  people  had  no  excuse.  There 
were  no  more  anti-Stones  fan  clubs.  The  Rolling  Stones  had  made  it  on  their  own 
terms.  With  their  own  honesty.  Creating  their  own  image  and  style.  With  no  one 
telling  them  what  to  do  or  how  to  do  it.  And  suddenly,  there  was  interest  in  Brit-  | 
ain's  bad  guys.  What  followed  was  a succession  of  16  hit  singles  (Get  Off  My 
Cloud,  As  Tears  Go  By,  19th  Nervous  Breakdown,  Paint  It  Black,  Mothers  Little 
Helper,  Have  You  Seen  Mother,  Baby,  Standing  In  The  Shadow,  Ruby  Tuesday, 
Dandelion,  She’s  A Rainbow,  Jumpin  Jack  Flash,  Street  Fightin  Man,  Honky  Tonk  | 

(Cont’d  on  p.  40)  I 


Shelter  goose,  while  replacing  the  super  “S”  with  a hand  scrawled  “S.” 

Which  brings  us  to  one  of  the  more  bizarre  interviews  of  all  time;  a little 
tete-a-beak  with  the  Shelter  goose  at  L.A.'s  Old  World  Restaurant.  "I  just  flew  in 
from  Tulsa  where  we're  building  our  second  studio,”  reported  Goose.  “And  I've 
been  touring  with  Leon  Russell  on  his  52-city  tour.  I saw  the  old  Shelter  chicken 
when  I was  down  in  Kentucky.  He’s  doing  publicity  for  Colonel  Sanders  now,  but 
it  sounds  like  a dangerous  gig  to  me.  Let’s  face  it,  the  chicken  is  chicken.  He 
just  couldn't  cope.  But  I’m  a goose  for  everyone.” 

And  that  brought  us,  somewhat  indiscretely  perhaps,  to  the  goose’s  rumored 
involvement  with  Granny  Goose.  “Granny  and  I are  just  good  friends,”  insisted 
Shelter  Goose,  “We’re  not  in  the  same  business  so  for  the  moment  there's  no 
possibility  of  any  romantic  involvement.  I’d  rather  talk  about  our  publishing  com- 
pany though.” 

So  talk. 

"People  know  about  Shelter  Records,  but  they  don't  know  about  Skyhill  Pub- 
lishing. Leon  Russell  isn’t  thought  of  as  a major  composer,  but  a lot  of  his  songs 
have  been  recorded  by  people  like  Herb  Alpert,  Peter  Nero,  The  Carpenters, 

Donny  Hathaway,  Peggy  Lee,  Andy  Williams,  Tony  Bennett  and  B.  B.  King,  plus 

numerous  versions  by  rock  artists.  ‘A  Song  For  You'  has  been  done  over  60  times. 

“Do  you  even  have  any  idea  of  our  rooster  of  artists?  There’s  Leon,  J.J.  Cale, 
Freddie  King,  Jim  Horn,  the  Grease  Band,  Jesse  Wolff  and  Whings,  Willis  Alan 

Ransey  and  D.J.  Rogers.  Did  I say  rooster?  I meant  roster.  I must  learn  to  think 

before  I beak.  Leon  is  going  to  produce  Ambrose  Campbell,  he’s  a 63-year-old 
African  who  plays  a whole  array  of  African  instruments.  He's  also  going  to  pro- 
duce an  album  for  Black  Grass,  who  are  three  girls  who  do  back-up  vocals  for 
him  on  tour. 

“We’d  better  get  going,”  said  Denny  Cordell,  who  had  been  diverting  the  cook  s ^ 
attention  from  the  prospective  dinner  special.  He  added  in  a whisper,  "Remem- 
ber, the  goose  is  only  a bird.” 

Well,  it  used  to  be  that  you  were  able  to  get  a cock  and  bull  from  Shelter.  Now 
you  just  get  a goose  and  hype,  bob  chorush 


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The  incomparable  Conway  Twitty  and  Loretta  Lynn  really  get  around.  And 
wherever  they  go,  they  carry  sound  insurance — the  ultra-reliable  portable 
sound  system  that  gets  things  together  so  perfectly  that  Conway  and 
Loretta  use  it  in  preference  to  costly,  built-in  house  P.A.  set-ups!  The 
system  they  rely  on  is  the  Shure  Vocal  Master — it’s  made  to  order  for 
performers  on  the  move.  The  Vocal  Master  shrugs  off  the  jolts  of  packing 
and  unpacking  . . . then  puts  300  watts  of  peak  penetrating  power  behind 
a control  console  that  gives  them  recording  studio  control  in  live  per- 
formances. All  that  and  feedback  control  too!  Write  for  all  the  facts: 


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HOT  LICKS,  COLD  STEEL  & TRUCKERS  FAVOR- 
ITES— Commander  Cody  & His  Lost  Planet  Air- 
men— Paramount  PAS-6031 

The  contingent  who  singlehandedly  put  the 
“-abilly”  back  into  “rock"  continues  to  carve 
out  a pretty  enviable  niche  for  themselves  in 
the  world  of  the  half-serious  put-on  musicale. 
Elvis’  “Rip  It  Up,”  Little  Richard’s  “Tutti 
Frutti”  and  Ray  Charles’  “It  Shoulda  Been 
Me”  get  the  pedal  steel  western  swing  gloss; 
from  then  on  it’s  all  about  rockin’  the  country 
that’s  already  there  (and  some  that  wasn’t 
before  but  sure  is  now.)  The  country  standbys 
(“Truck  Drivin’  Man,”  “Diggy  Liggy  Lo”)  are 
well-handled,  but  of  particular  merit  are  their 
originals  like  "Kentucky  Hills  Of  Tennessee.” 
But  what  else  would  you  expect  from  a group 
whose  fanclub  is  headed  by  one  Teenie  Chiffon 
of  Berserkeley,  California? 

BUDDY  GUY  & JUNIOR  WELLS  PLAY  THE 
BLUES — Atco  33-364 

Longtime  king  of  the  Chicago  blues,  Bud- 
dy & Junior  team  up  for  their  first  on  Atco 
and  their  list  of  friends  is  enough  to  impress 
just  about  everyone:  Eric  Clapton  (who  also 
co-produced),  J.  Geils,  Dr.  John,  Carl  Radle, 
Jim  Gordon,  to  name  but  a few.  Their  music 
is  even  more  impressive.  Highlights  include  a 
new  version  of  Wells’  well-known  “Messin’ 
With  The  Kid,”  a superfine  blues  instrumental 
called  "Honeydripper”  and  a very  commercial 
“A  Man  Of  Many  Words”  which  could  well  be 
a big  single  for  the  duo.  The  blues  have  hardly 
ever  been  more  alive! 

GREETINGS  FROM  L.A. — Tim  Buckley — 
Straight/Warner  Bros.  BS  2631 

A breath  of  fresh  air— can  it  be  found  on 
this  planet  anymore,  especially  in  the  cities? 
Tim  Buckley  is  searching  for  this  breath,  and 
although  his  album  cover  shows  that  he  didn't 
find  it  in  Los  Angeles,  he  did  find  it  in  his 
all-new  brand  of  barrelhouse  rock  which  is 
quite  a departure  from  his  former  folk-jazz 
style.  His  cover  shows  a postcard  of  fog-en- 
shrouded L.A.  and  a photo  of  Tim  with  a 
gasmask,  which  leads  one  to  believe  that  this 
is  an  ecology  album.  But  the  music  is  super- 
funky  blues  rock  with  Buckley’s  soaring  vocals 
reaching  new  heights. 


NEWCOMER  PICKS 


SMOKIN’  O.P.’S — Bob  Seger — Palladium/Re- 
prise MS  2109 

Bob  Seger  is  finally  connecting  into  the 
East  and  West  Coasts  after  being  a popular 
attraction  in  the  Midwest  for  the  last  few 
years.  His  approach  (or  shall  we  say,  attack) 
toward  music  is  directly  aggressive  and  very 
effective.  Conceptually,  he  has  the  knack  to 
make  unique  versions  of  already  popularized 
songs  (“If  I Were  A Carpenter,”  “Turn  On 
Your  Love  Light”)  as  well  as  the  talent  to  put 
across  his  originals,  such  as  “Someday”  and 
“Heavy  Music.”  Now  that  Palladium  is  being 
distributed  via  Warners,  Seger  should  be  get- 
ting the  exposure  that  will  place  him  on  the 
cross-country  map. 

DAY  BY  DAY — Percy  Faith,  His  Orchestra  & 
Chorus — Columbia  KC  31627 

It’s  another  friendly  and  familiar  package 
Mr.  Faith  offers  the  MOR  crowd  here,  one 
bound  to  prove  as  successful  as  his  previous 
efforts.  The  program  consists  of  some  older 
material  recently  brought  back  into  the  public 
mind  and  ear  by  recent  hit  versions  (“Too 
Young,”  “How  Can  I Be  Sure,”  “The  First 
Time  Ever  I Saw  Your  Face”)  but  is  primarily 
built  around  newer  material  like  America’s 
“I  Need  You,”  Neil  Diamond’s  “Song  Sung 
Blue,”  Sammy  Davis’  “Candy  Man”  and  the 
“Godfather”  theme.  Percy’s  own  arrangement 
of  “Amazing  Grace”  is  a particular  standout. 

DOC — Doc  Severinsen — RCA  LSP-4669 

Gabriel,  move  over.  The  Doctor’s  in  the 
house.  Severinsen’s  latest  LP  is  very  theme- 
atic,  bearing  the  namesake  songs  from 
"Portnoy’s  Complaint,”  “The  Summer  of  ’42,” 
“Living  Free,”  and  Leonard  Bernstein’s  “Mass” 
as  well  as  "I  Only  Want  To  Say”  from  “Jesus 
Christ  Superstar”  and  the  "Godfather  Waltz.” 
Should  be  as  consistent  a seller  as  his  last 
outing  with  Henry  Mancini. 


ANOTHER  MONTY  PYTHON  RECORD— Monty 
Python’s  Flying  Circus — Charisma  CAS-1049 

Actually,  if  you’re  not  English,  this  is  really 
the  first  Monty  Python  album  available  to 
tickle  your  red,  white  and  blue  innards.  Monty 
Python  is  not  a "he,”  but  rather  a “they.” 
They  deal  in  humor  of  the  absurd  and  you  are 
going  to  laugh  your  fool  head  off.  Of  special 
hilarity  are  the  “Stake  Your  Claim”  and  “Un- 
dertaker” tracks.  Don’t  be  put  off  by  the  idea 
that  you  can’t  see  yourself  laughing  at  any- 
thing English  (except  maybe  Queen  Elizabeth 
with  a toilet  seat  around  her  neck).  Monty 
Python  will  get  you  up  (down?  sideways?)  to 
their  plane  in  no  time.  Jolly  good  flight  too. 
(Cover  art  has  already  won  many  awards 
“over  there.”) 

I MISS  YOU— Harold  Melvin  & The  Blue  Notes 
— Phila.  International  KZ  31648 

The  latest  sensation  to  emerge  from  the 
kingdom  of  Gamble-Huff  is  a quintet  that 
deals  in  wake-up  lead  and  soulful  lullabye 
support.  The  title  tune  was  #1  r&b  nationally 
and  has  made  its  mark  as  a Top  40  hit  as 
well.  The  next  single  sounds  like  "If  You  Don’t 
Know  Me  By  Now,”  a real  beauty  with  a Styl- 
istics flair.  Many  of  the  tunes  are  extended 
soul  raps  and  all  but  one  were  penned  by 
Gamble  and/or  Huff.  But  that  one  is  not  to 
be  overlooked  either,  a jazz-infected  song  of 
the  black  female’s  allure,  “Ebony  Woman.” 
Album  should  establish  this  group  as  a top 
LP  act. 


UP  FROM  THE  ROOTS — Mongo  Santamaria — 
Atlantic  SD  1621 

The  #1  Latin  soulbrother  of  jazz  has  pro- 
duced his  most  exciting  and  different  LP  to 
date.  The  title  is  rather  descriptive:  for  the 
most  part  on  Side  1 brass  is  sparsely  used 
and  it  is  the  fiery  conga  tribal  beat  that  pre- 
dominates. Side  Two  offers  more  commercial, 
big-bandy  sound,  but  still  with  the  general 
feeling  of  “roots”  acting  as  the  guiding  light. 
Mongo  could  come  back  to  the  single  charts 
with  his  definitive  version  of  “Para  Ti,”  a self- 
penned  item  that’s  become  a favorite  with 
Latin-rock  bands  of  all  sorts.  The  album  is 
destined  to  become  a classic  in  its  own  right. 


ROY  BUCHANAN— Polydor  5033 

After  hearing  Roy  Buchanan  play  last  year, 
the  thing  that  amazed  us  most  was  the  fact 
that  he  had  not  as  yet  released  a record.  The 
near-legendary  underground  electric  guitarist 
who  lives  in  the  Baltimore-Washington,  D.C. 
area  can  now  be  heard  on  his  Polydor  debut, 
backed  by  his  tight  rock  quartet,  the  Snake- 
stretchers.  A good  deal  of  the  album  is  instru- 
mental, and  when  you  hear  the  way  Roy’s 
fingers  have  with  notes,  you’ll  know  why.  Roy 
also  sings  on  “The  Messiah  Will  Come,”  while 
Chuck  Tilley  handles  other  vocals,  including 
“I  Am  A Lonesome  Fugitive”  and  “Hey  Good 
Lookin’.” 


MILLIE  JACKSON— Spring  SPR  5703 

Millie  Jackson’s  first  album  has  the  built-in 
sales  clout  of  three  hit  singles:  “A  Child  Of 
God,”  “Ask  Me  What  You  Want”  and  her 
current  “My  Man,  A Sweet  Man.”  She  writes 
some  of  her  own  material  and  gets  the  rest 
from  talents  like  Joe  Simon  and  her  producer 
Raeford  Gerald.  She  has  a tremendous  range 
of  vocal  talent — from  Laura'  Lee  tellin’-him-off 
to  Gladys  Knight  sultry  in  her  own  pip  of  a 
way.  Her  first  album  is  an  amazingly  strong 
effort  which  will  bring  her  to  the  attention  of 
many  fans  of  soul  and  pop. 


BLACK  IS  THE  COLOR — Joe  Henderson — Mile- 
stone MSP  9040 

Joe  Henderson’s  general  level  of  artistic 
inventiveness  is  reaffirmed  on  this  16-track 
production,  his  first  overdub-in  earnest  LP.  The 
experiment  is  a most  successful  one,  as  Hen- 
derson is  thus  able  to  show  off  his  tenor  and 
soprano  sax,  alto  flute  and  flute  as  well  as 
his  percussive  leanings  all  simultaneously. 
Joining  him  in  the  sessions  recorded  earlier 
this  year  are  Ron  Carter,  Jack  DeJohnette, 
Ralph  McDonald,  Airto  Moreira,  George  Cables, 
David  Holland,  Georg  Wadenius  and  David 
Horowitz.  Color  it  solid. 


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Cash  Box  — August  26,  1972 


JUST  DROPPED  IN — Elton  John  (r),  and  Pat  Pipolo  (1),  vice  president  and 
director  of  promotion  for  MCA  Records,  flank  Cash  Box  president  and  pub- 
lisher George  Albert  during  their  most  recent  visit  to  the  Cash  Box  west 
coast  offices.  John’s  current  LP,  “Honky  Chateau,”  was  recently  certified  gold 
by  the  RIAA,  while  his  newest  single,  “Honky  Cat”  is  listed  at  #35  with  a 
bullet  on  the  singles  chart. 


Two  New  LPs 
From  Elektra 

NEW  YORK  — Elektra  Records  will 
soon  release  new  albums  by  Atomic 
Rooster  and  Casey  Kelly. 

“Made  In  England”  is  the  third  al- 
bum by  Atomic  Rooster  to  be  released 
in  this  country.  The  group  is  headed 
by  Vincent  Crane,  former  organist  for 
the  Crazy  World  of  Arthur  Brown 
and  composer  of  his  greatest  hit, 
“Fire.”  This  album  marks  the  first 
appearance  with  the  groun  of  their 
newest  member,  Chris  Farlowe,  who 
is  now  their  lead  singer.  The  LP  con- 
tains Rooster’s  current  single,  “Stand 
By  Me.”  A tour  for  the  group  is 
being  planned  for  November. 

“Casey  Ke'ly”  is  a solo  debut  album 
by  a singer/songwriter  from  Louisi- 
ana. Mo°t  recentlv,  he  was  accompan- 
ist for  Tom  Rush.  Kelly  is  currently 
on  an  extensive  tour  of  the  country, 
with  many  of  the  dates  played  with 
Loggins  and  Messina.  His  first  date, 
played  in  Boston,  has  resulted  in  air- 
play in  that  city  for  his  single,  “Poor 
Boy,”  which  was  taken  from  the  al- 
bum. 

Zucker  Back 
To  Nat’l  Promo 

HOLLYWOOD  — Veteran  record 
promo  specialist  Irwin  Zucker,  who 
started  with  Decca  in  1948,  has  re- 
activated his  national  Promotion  in 
Motion  firm,  incorporating  the  service 
of  record  promo  and  publicity. 

Returning  to  +he  Zucker  organiza- 
tion is  Miss  K.  Terry  Bright,  who,  in 
recent  years,  has  been  associated  with 
Dick  Clark  Productions  and  Vox  Mu- 
sical Instruments. 

Three  labels  have  signed  the  Zucker 
firm  for  national  promotion: 

Newly-formed  Pelegrin  Sands  Rec- 
ords, headed  by  Warren  Grown,  is 
kicking  off  with  Leslie  Jon’s,  “What 
Time’s  the  Show ?” 

Wolf  Point  Records,  another  new 
company,  is  accenting  the  country 
field  with  Wayne  Storm’s  novelty, 
“Martin  City  Car  Wash.” 

Rampart  Records,  being  re- 
activated by  Eddie  Davis,  has  just 
released  an  instrumental,  “Cho  Cho 
San,”  by  Hummingbird  4. 

3rd  Son  For 
Irv  Lichtman 

NEW  YORK  — Irv  Lichtman,  vp  and 
editorial  director  of  Cash  Box,  be- 
came the  father  of  his  third  son  when 
his  wife,  Phyllis,  gave  birth  to  David 
Marc  on  Sat.,  Aug.  12,  in  New  York. 
The  couple’s  other  sons  are  Steven,  6, 
and  Robert,  3. 


Black  Oak 
Guitars  To 
Inmates 

NEW  YORK  — The  Atco  rock  and 
roll  band,  Black  Oak  Arkansas  is  ini- 
tiating a program  to  donate  guitars 
to  prison  inmates.  To  be  active  in  the 
state  of  Arkansas  around  Christmas, 
the  group  plans  to  extend  the  pro- 
gram throughout  the  country  in  1973. 

“It  all  started  when  we  spent  30 
days  in  jail  together  many  years  ago 
for  stealing  the  high  school  public 
address  system,”  commented  manager 
Butch  Stone.  “We  quickly  found  out 
how  important  our  instruments  were 
to  us,  and  how  important  it  is  to  have 
something  to  do  with  your  hands — 
and  some  way  to  express  your  emo- 
tions.” 

Black  Oak  hopes  to  set  up  a contin- 
uing program  between  national  penal 
authorities  and  a major  guitar  manu- 
facturer to  donate  guitars  to  prisons 
on  a regular  basis.  They  are  looking 
forward  to  setting  up  a national  gui- 
tar distribution  system  during  the 
next  six  months. 

Black  Oak  Arkansas  are  currently 
represented  on  the  charts  with  their 
third  best-selling  album,  “If  An  An- 
gel Came  To  See  You,  Would  You 
Make  Her  Feel  At  Home?” 

Paragon  Inks 
King  Floyd 

NEW  YORK  — King  Floyd  has 
signed  a new  booking  agreement  with 
the  Paragon  Agency  of  Macon,  Geor- 
gia recently. 

Floyd,  on  Atlantic,  has  scored  rec- 
ord success  in  the  past  with  “Groove 
Me”  and  follow-up  disks  such  as 
“Baby  Let  Me  Kiss  You”  and  the 
current  release,  also  on  Atlantic, 
“Woman  Don’t  Go  Astray.”  Paragon 
president  Alex  Hodges  said  he  and 
Rodgers  Redding  are  currently  plan- 
ning an  extensive  tour  of  the  eastern 
markets  for  Floyd. 

Randazzo’s 
Vegas  Return 

NEW  YORK  — Teddy  Randazzo, 
producer,  arranger-composer,  will  re- 
turn to  Las  Vegas  as  an  entertainer 
after  several  years  absence  from  the 
stage. 

He  will  appear  at  the  Hilton  Inter- 
national Hotel,  Las  Vegas,  from  Aug. 
23  for  a four-week  engagement.  Of 
the  hundreds  of  songs  Teddy  Randaz- 
zo has  penned,  his  “Going  Out  of  My 
Head”  is  best  known  followed  by 
“Hurt  So  Bad”,  “It’s  Gonna  Take  a 
Miracle”  and  others. 


ASCAP  Special  Awards  Panels 
Give  $630G  To  Society  Writers 


NEW  YORK  — The  American  Soci- 
ety of  Composers,  Authors  and  Pub- 
lishers has  announced  the  completion 
of  the  eleventh  annual  meeting  of  the 
special  awards  panels,  which  dis- 
tributed $630,000  in  awards  to  1,763 
of  its  writer  members  for  the  year 
1972-1973.  Society  president  Stanley 
Adams  noted  that  the  awards,  de- 
signed to  recognize  and  offer  finan- 
cial encouragement  to  ASCAP’s  new- 
er writers  as  well  as  to  established 
composers,  are  over  and  above  the 
regular  distribution  of  royalties  paid 
by  the  performing  rights  organiza- 
tion. 

This  year’s  list  of  award  winners 
includes  Pulitzer  Prize  winner  Jacob 
Druckman;  John  Guare,  co-writer 
with  Galt  MacDermott  (CAPAC)  of 
the  Tony  and  Grammy  Award  win- 
ning musical  “Two  Gentlemen  Of 
Verona”;  top  Nashville  writers  Jerry 
Foster  and  Bill  Rice;  jazz  mainstays 
Billy  Taylor,  Dizzy  Gillespie  and 
Guggenheim  Award  recipient  Mary 
Lou  Williams:  and  contemporary 

writer/artists  Carly  Simon,  Booker  T. 
Jones.  Jackie  DeShannon  and  Harry 
Chapin. 

Pop  Awards 

Awards  were  again  made  to  writers 
whose  compositions  were  strongly  re- 
ceived as  indicated  by  their  prominent 
appearances  on  the  music  trade  paper 
charts.  Among  such  writers  were: 
Jackson  Browne  who  had  hits  with 
“Take  It  Easy”  and  “Rock  Me  On  The 
Water”;  Jim  Croce  for  his  current 
“You  Don’t  Mess  Around  With  Jim”; 
Jonathan  Edwards  who  wrote  “Sun- 
shine”; Tom  Evans  and  Peter  Ham 
who  '’o-authored  the  rec^t  N'lsson 
hit  “Without  You”;  and  Elliot  Lurie 
who  wrote  “Brandy,”  recorded  by 
Looking  Glass. 

Other  award  winners  whose  songs 
made  the  trade  paper  charts  this  year 
included  Judy  Collins  (“Open  The 
Door”),  Buzz  Cason  and  Don  Lewis 
f“Ann  (Don’t  Go  Runnin’)”),  Tom 
Lazaros  (“That’s  What  Leaving’s  All 
About”).  Churchill  Kohlman  (“Cry”), 
Ann  J.  Morton  (“We’ve  Got  To  Work 
Jt  Out  Between  Us”),  and  Walter 
Nims  (“Precious  And  Few”).  Among 
the  writer/performer  groups  who  re- 
ceived awards  after  scoring  on  the 
charts  were  Grateful  Dead.  Led  Zep- 
pelin, Doors,  Black  Sabbath,  War, 
Grass  Roots,  the  Band  and  Mountain. 

In  the  area  of  musical  theater  the 
panel  presented  awards  to  such  writ- 
ers as  Melvin  Van  Peebles  who,  fol- 
lowing his  production  of  “Ain’t  Sup- 
posed To  Die  A Natural  Death,”  has 
another  winner  in  “Don’t  Play  Us 
Cheap”;  Jim  Jacobs  and  Warren 
Casey  whose  “Grease”  has  moved  to 
Broadway  after  a successful  off- 
Broadway  run;  A1  Carmines  who  has 
an  off-Broadway  production  in 
“Joan”;  Peter  Link  whose  “Lysistra- 
ta”  is  set  to  open  this  season:  Dave 
Finkle  and  Bill  Weeden  who  will  have 
their  first  Broadway  show  opening 
this  season  with  “Hurry  Harry”;  Sid- 
ney Michael  who.  with  Mitch  Leigh, 
has  written  “Halloween,”  which  will 
open  this  fall.  Also  receiving  awards 
are  Chris  Gore,  who  has  written  the 
upcoming  “V>a  Galact.ica”  wPh  CA- 
PAC’s  Galt  MacDermott;  and  Stephen 
Schwartz  for  his  soon  to  open 
“Piopin’.” 

Oscar  Levant 
Is  Dead  At  65 

HOLLYWOOD  — Oscar  Levant,  pian- 
ist, a close  friend  of  George  Gershwin 
and  noted  wit,  died  of  a heart  attack 
at  this  home  in  Beverly  Hills  last 
week  (14)  at  the  age  of  65.  Levant 
first  met  Gershwin  in  1929  when  he 
was  called  in  to  serve  as  a pianist  for 
a recording  of  the  composer’s  “Rhap- 
sody in  Blue.”  For  most  of  his  piano 
playing  career,  Levant  performed  the 
works  of  Gershwin.  A songwriter 
himself,  he  wrote  such  standards  as 
“Blame  It  On  My  Youth,”  and  “Lady, 
Play  Your  Mandolin.”  He  is  sur- 
vived by  his  wife  and  three  daugh- 
ters. 


The  popular  awards  panel  consists 
of  T.  Edward  Hambleton,  managing 
director  of  APA,  Phoenix;  Father 
Norman  O’Connor,  of  the  Paulist  Fa- 
thers’ Community,  a noted  jazz  expert 
and  first  vice  president  of  NARAS; 
Associate  Justice  Haydn  Proctor  of 
the  Supreme  Court  of  N.J.;  and 
William  B.  Williams,  WNEW  radio 
personality  and  noted  jazz/pop  music 
authority. 

Standard  Awards 


Among  writer  members  in  the  stan- 
dard field  who  received  awards  were 
composers  as  Guggenheim  recipients 
Paul  Cooper,  Donald  Keats,  William 
Kraft,  and  Roy  E.  Travis;  as  well  as 
Harold  Farberman,  recipient  of  an 
award  from  the  National  Institute  of 
Arts  and  Letters;  and  Jacob  Druck- 
man who  received  a Pulitzer  Prize  for 
“Windows,”  premiered  by  Bruno  Mad- 
erna  with  the  Chicago  Symphony  Or- 
chestra. 

Other  ASCAP  awards  winners  with 
premieres  this  past  year  are  Benjamin 
Lees,  whose  “The  Trumnet  of  the 
Swan”  received  its  world  premiere  in 
May  in  a performance  by  the  Phila- 
delphia Orchestra;  John  La  Montaine, 
whose  “Wilderness  Journal”  was  pre- 
miered by  Antal  Dorati  conducting 
the  Washington  National  Symphony 
in  November  at  the  Kennedy  Center; 
Carlisle  Floyd’s  “Flower  and  Hawk” 
was  premiered  in  May  by  the  Jack- 
sonville Symphony,  featuring  soloist 
Phyllis  Curtin;  Nikolai  Lopatnikoff’s 
“Fourth  Symphony”  was  premiered 
by  the  Pittsburgh  Symphony  Orches- 
tra this  season;  and  Marvin  David 
Levy’s  “Trialogus”  was  premiered  by 
the  Chicago  Symphony,  Bruno  Mad- 
erna  conducting. 

Newer  writer  members  receiving 
awards  this  year  included  Verne  Reyn- 
olds whose  “Scenes  for  Wind  En- 
semble” was  premiered  by  the  East- 
man Wind  Ensemble  this  season;  and 
Robert  Morgan,  who  writes  for  cham- 
ber and  vocal  groups,  jazz  band  and 
percussion  ensemble.  Reynolds  is  on 
the  faculty  of  the  Eastman  School  of 
Music  and  Morgan  is  on  the  music 
faculty  at  the  U.  of  Illinois. 

The  Standard  Awards  Panel  con- 
sists of:  Professor  Donald  E.  Brown, 
director  of  the  School  of  Music  of 
Barrington  College,  R.I.,  and  execu- 
tive vice  president  of  the  National 
Church  Music  Fellowship;  Donald  En- 
gle, professional  president  of  the 
Minneapolis  Orchestra  Assoc.;  Dr. 
Frederick  Fennell,  conductor  of  the 
Miami  Symphony  Orchestra;  Walter 
Hendl,  director  of  the  Eastman 
School  of  Music  at  the  U.  of  Roches- 
ter; and  Dr.  Louis  G.  Wersen,  director 
of  music  in  the  Philadelphia  public 
schools  and  past  president  of  the  Mu- 
sic Educators  National  Conference. 


BETTER  LATE  THAN  NEVER!  — 


While  Larry  Page  (r),  producer  of 
the  current  hit,  “Beautiful  Sunday” 
by  Daniel  Boone,  was  in  Chicago,  he 
was  presented  with  a gold  record  by 
Irwin  H.  Steinberg  (1),  president  of 
Mercury  Records,  for  producing 
“Wild  Thing”  by  the  Troggs  on  Fon- 
tana Records  over  six  years  ago.  It 
seems  that  prior  attempts  to  award 
the  gold  record  to  Page  missed  con- 
nections before  his  visit  to  Chicago  to 
discuss  Darnel  Boone’s  forthcoming 
LP  and  the  Barron  Knights’  single, 
“You’re  All  I Need,”  which  Page  also 
produced. 


Cash  Box  — August  26,  1972 


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insight&saund c^umi 

NEW  YORK:  (Cont’d.  from  page  36) 


cash  hooc I album  reviews 

I I POP  BEST  BETS  — 


Women,  Brown  Sugar,  Wild  Horses,  Tumbling  Dice,  and  Happy),  and  a total 
of  16  albums  all  certified  gold. 

It  is  now  the  summer  of  ’72,  and  The  Rolling  Stones  are  enjoying  the  fame  and 
fortune  of  being  the  most  popular  group  in  the  world.  But  their  fame  and  fortune 
did  not  come  before  many  years  of  struggling.  Struggling  to  continue  doing 
what  they  believed  was  right.  Struggling  to  present  to  the  public  their  sound. 
Their  music.  Their  style.  Struggling  to  present  The  Rolling  Stones  and  everything 
the  group  stands  for  at  any  given  time.  Because  of  their  honesty,  the  Stones  will 
always  be  struggling.  But  that’s  what  made  them  the  best!  kenny  kerner 


Next  Week:  THE  ROLLING  STONES:  A SPACE  IN  TIME  (CONCLUSION) — 
MUSICAL  INTERACTION. 


HOLLYWOOD— RARE  EARTH!  THE  MOVE  WEST 

People  have  been  California  dreaming  since  1849,  but  no  longer  do  they  flock 
here  to  pan  for  gold.  Reasons  for  picking  up  roots  and  migrating  west  now  stem 
from  lack  of  sunshine  to  the  hope  of  prospecting  some  creative  stimuli.- Augment- 
ing the  steady  westward  flow  of  the  music  industry  is  a major  record  company, 
Motown,  as  well  as  one  of  that  label’s  major  artists,  Rare  Earth. 

We  sat  down  to  lunch  with  Pete  Hoorelbeke  and  Gil  Bridges,  lead  singer-drum- 
mer and  saxophonist  of  Rare  Earth,  and  in  between  bites  of  pastrami  sandwiches 
we  got  around  to  Motown,  and  why  both  have  recently  abandoned  Detroit  City. 
Pete  painted  a picture  of  the  city  for  us,  and  it  was  obvious  that  the  atmosphere 
was  not  one  conducive  to  generating  creativity.  “Everywhere  the  kids  are  strung 
out  on  heroin,  not  teenagers  but  kids  no  more  than  11  and  12  years  old.  Detroit 
doesn't  offer  much  anymore,  either.  Coming  home  off  a road  trip  you  want  to 
relax  and  maybe  catch  up  on  a little  fun,”  Bridges  ardently  agreed.  “California 
has  so  much  to  offer,  it’s  amazing.  I was  just  fed  up  with  the  work  routine  a 
few  days  ago,  so  I hopped  onto  my  bike  and  split  for  a while.  It  all  helps,  the 
mountains,  the  ocean,  everything  lends  itself  to  creativity,  and  a little  peace  of 
mind.” 


Detroit.  Soul  City.  Motown.  They're  all  synonymous,  or  at  least  were.  The 
eastern  company  had  also  followed  the  trend  and  beaten  a path  to  the  California 
doorway.  Unfortunately  the  company  was  plagued  with  internal  problems  that 
resulted  in  a lackadaisical  atmosphere,  according  to  the  guys.  Tradition,  it 
seemed,  was  strangling  creativity.  “We  ran  into  a lot  of  problems  cutting  albums. 
Prescribed  three  hour  sessions  in  the  studio  were  very  confining.  It  takes  time, 
too,  to  set  things  the  way  you  want  them,  and  it’s  a pain  when  you  have  to  cut  it, 
all  due  to  a time  limit.  You  see,  when  we  get  into  a studio  that’s  it.  We  want 
to  stay  there  till  we  really  get  something.”  The  problems  were  worked  out,  though, 
after  some  hardships  explained  Gil.  “It  was  frustrating  running  into  a lot  of  red 
tape  but  we  finally  cut  through,  and  Berry  Gordy  (Motown  president)  was  very 
understanding  and  straightened  everything  out.  You  know  it’s  really  great  when 
you  can  go  directly  to  someone  like  Barry  if  you  run  into  trouble.” 

The  group  has  discovered  a new  freedom  since  they  and  Motown  made  the 
move.  The  opportunity  to  work  the  way  they  want  is  theirs,  and  the  word  crea- 
tivity has  become  something  tangible. 

Rare  Earth  is  now  in  the  process  of  completing  their  latest  LP,  “Willie  Re- 
members," and  we  had  the  pleasure  of  hearing  a few  cuts  before  the  final 
mastering.  One  song  that  stood  out  to  these  ears  was  “Think  of  the  Children,” 
which  was  unique  in  comparison  to  the  distinctive  Rare  Earth  sound. 

With  their  new  surge  in  creativity,  it  seems  Rare  Earth  and  Motown  may  have 
found  Sutter’s  Mill.  daniel  esposito  & mark  albert 


PASSING  REMARKS — American  Talent  International  is  coordinating  a major 
festival  this  summer  to  be  held  Sept.,  2-4,  at  the  Evansville  Indiana  arena.  Acts 
reported  to  be  appearing  include  Joe  Cocker,  Black  Sabbath,  Fleetwood  Mac,  All- 
man  Brothers,  Doors,  The  Doobie  Bros.,  Cheech  & Chong,  Eagles,  Black  Ock 
Arkansas  and  others  . , . The  Osmonds  have  set  four  consecutive  concert  appear- 
ance records  when  they  broke  a previous  Beatles  mark  at  City  Park  Stadium  in 
New  Orleans.  For  the  four  dates,  The  Osmonds  grossed  $257,928.00  . , . Interest- 
ing new  singles  this  week  include  “Rings  For  Sale”  by  Roger  Miller,  Exuma’s 
latest,  “Brown  Girl,”  and  Jonathan  King’s  “It’s  A Tall  Order  For  A Short  Guy.” 
Watch  for  them  in  the  weeks  to  come  . . . Album-wise,  watch  for  new  two-record 
Kinks  LP  entitled  “Everybody's  In  Show  Biz,”  and  new  Band  LP,  “Rock  Of  Ages.” 


LOVING  YOU  JUST  CROSSED  MY  MIND— Sam 
Neely — Capitol  ST-11097 

Thanks  to  the  burgeoning  recognition  of  the 
Texas  singer-composer  scene,  Sam  Neely's 
debut  LP  has  been  re-issued  and  titled  after 
his  current  chart  single.  While  his  music  bears 
the  Texas  brand  and  stands  tall  alongside  that 
of  Mike  Nesmith,  Michael  Murphey  and  other 
Lone  Star  troubadours,  his  vocal  approach 
more  closely  resembles  that  of  Texas-at-heart 
John  Stewart.  The  package  is  extremely  com- 
mercial, with  FM,  MOR  and  Top  40  potential 
and  should  go  far  in  establishing  Neely  as  an 
important  tunesmith  and  performer. 

ALZO— Bell  6079 

Now  that  Bell  has  acquired  Alzo’s  debut 
LP  (it  was  originally  issued  on  Ampex  just 
before  the  record  division  closed  its  doors),  the 
good  word  that’s  been  around  about  him  can 
translate  itself  into  buyer  awareness  and  ac- 
ceptance. His  songs  are  concise  and  clear-cut 
examples  of  folk-rock  at  its  broad-based  best. 
Package  includes  his  current  single,  “Don’t 
Ask  Me  Why”  as  well  as  his  first  which  started 
all  the  good  talk,  “That’s  Alright  (I  Don't  Mind 
It).”  Producer  Bob  Dorough  shows  his  legend- 
ary keyboard  wizardry  in  particular  on  “Sweet 
And  Salty  Stuff.”  Entire  LP  could  well  have 
been  named  after  that  particular  tune. 

BIRTHA— Dunhill  DSX-50127 

Fanny  paved  the  way  for  future  self-con- 
tained all  female  rockin'  groups,  and  Birtha 
is  certainly  one  more  that  will  be  making 
joyous  noise  for  some  time  to  come.  Their 
sound  is  a cross  between  Labelle’s  gospel 
phrasing  and  Led  Zeppelin  power.  The  quartet 
prefers  to  be  known  to  their  potential  audience 
on  a first  name  only  basis,  and  have  written 
the  majority  of  their  forceful  material.  AM  will 
most  likely  gravitate  to  “Work  On  A Dream” 
while  “Too  Much  Woman  (For  A Hen  Pecked 
Man)”  is  the  dynamite  FM  track.  There’s  also 
a strong  rendering  of  Redbone’s  “Judgement 
Day.”  Like  their  T-shirts  say,  “Birtha  has 
balls!” 


MIRACLE  LICK — Thirty  Days  Out — Reprise  MS 
2085 

A New  York  group  now  residing  in  Green- 
field, Mass,  tackles  a second  LP  for  the  label 
with  some  interesting  results.  Lead  vocalist 
John  Micallef  (also  the  group’s  chief  song- 
writer) can  sound  like  Van  Morrison  on  “Honey 
I Do”  or  Neil  Diamond  as  on  “Everybody’s 
Got  To  Have  A Song.”  Also,  like  a lot  of 
unusual  mixtures  in  between.  The  instrumental 
sound  of  the  group  is  on  the  up  side  of 
powerhouse  and  when  they  incorporate  their 
basics  with  moog  tricks  (“The  Sun  Keeps 
Right  On  Shining”)  they  really  come  off 
unique.  Group’s  success  could  follow  that  of 
Looking  Glass  with  FM  play  (on  these  tracks 
especially). 


Classical  Picks 


HITS  FROM  THE  HOLLYWOOD  BOWL— Zubin 
Mehta,  The  Los  Angeles  Philharmonic  Orches- 
tra— London  XPS  613 

An  attractively  packaged  program  tied  in 
with  the  orchestra’s  summer  home.  Perform- 
ances include  three  extremely  familiar  works 
and  two  more  esoteric  choices  of  overture: 
Ravel  “Bolero,”  Tchaikovsky  “Marche  Slave,” 
Bizet  “Carmen”  preludes  (Acts  1 & 4);  Verdi’s 
“La  Forza  Del  Destino  Overture,”  Von  Suppe’s 
“Poet  And  Peasant  Overture.”  The  notes 
packaged  with  the  LP  trace  a history  of  the 
Bowl’s  connection  with  the  orchestra  and 
other  cultural  institutions. 


BACH:  THE  SIX  BRANDENBURG  CONCERTOS 
— Anthony  Newman  And  Friends — Columbia 
M2  31398 

There  are  a number  of  recordings  of  these 
works  currently  available  (many  traceable  to 
the  “fad”  these  orchestral  works  of  Bach 
enjoyed  in  the  late  fifties  and  early  sixties 
with  a large  cross-section  of  record  buyers); 
but  this  is  the  first  attempt  to  recreate  “the 
‘spirit’  of  the  musical  performance  of  the 
period.”  Newman  involves  himself  with  the 
project  on  a more  than  academic  level,  how- 
ever— he  conducts  from  the  harpsichord. 
“Friends”  include  Martin  Berinbaum  (trumpet) 
— all  musicians  chosen  "because  of  their 
special  interest  in  Baroque  music.” 


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Cash  Box  — August  26,  1972 


Persion  Room 

• New  Talent 
Policy 

NEW  YORK  — The  Persian  Room  of 
the  Plaza  Hotel,  the  posh  showcase, 
will  re-open  on  Friday,  Sept.  15,  with 
a new  name  and  a new  talent  and 
price  policy. 

Henceforth  the  room  will  be  known 
as  “The  Persian  Room  Presents 
Showcase  ’73.” 

Self-contained  acts  will  be  featured 
(no  orchestra  backing).  The  show 
schedules  are,  Monday  through 
Thursday,  2 shows  nightly,  at  8:45 
P.M.  and  11:15  P.M.  There  will  be  3 
shows  on  Friday  and  Saturday 

• nights,  at  8:30  P.M.,  10:30  P.M.  and 
midnight.  The  room  will  open  at  7:30 
P.M.  and  close  at  1 A.M.  Monday 
through  Thursday.  Weekends  the 
room  will  close  at  2 A.M.  There  will 

• be  a $3  cover  charge  per  person  every 
night.  The  room  will  be  dark  Sun- 
days. 

Frank  Musiello  of  Associated 
Booking  Corn,  will  serve  as  consul- 
tant to  the  Plaza  and  will  be  screen- 
ing talent  submissions  at  his  office  at 
445  Park  Avenue. 

“The  Persian  Room  Presents  Show- 
case ’73”  will  feature  new,  young  tal- 
ent and  new  musical  groups.  Beverage 
service  and  a limited  dinner  menu  will 
be  available. 

Nader  ‘Revival’ 

Back  To  Vegas 

NEW  YORK  — Richard  Nader’s 
Original  1950’s  Rock  & Roll  Revival 
returns  to  Las  Vegas  Aug.  29  thru 

# Sept.  4 (Labor  Day)  at  the  2,000  seat 
Nevada  Room  of  the  Flamingo  Hotel. 
Featured  talent  will  be  Bill  Haley  & 
The  Comets,  in  their  first  Vegas  per- 

• formance  in  10  years;  Buck  Ram’s 
Platters,  who  play  four  weeks  a year 
now  at  the  Flamingo;  The  Coasters 
featuring  Carl  Gardner;  the  Dovells; 
and  Special  Guest  Star,  Chubby 

i Checker. 

The  7-day  run  of  the  show,  which 
features  Rock  & Roll  stars  of  the  50’s 
and  60’s  ,was  approved  by  the  Flam- 
ingo’s president.  Burton  Caber  and 
entertainment  director,  Bill  Miller. 
The  uncoming  production  will,  again, 
be  set  in  cabaret  style  (tables  & 
chairs)  with  two  dance  floors.  The 
Revival  made  its  Las  Vegas  debut  at 
the  Flamingo  last  May  30  to  June  11. 

“The  success  of  Nader’s  first  Vegas 
Revival  opened  a new  avenue  of  en- 
tertainment for  us,”  said  Miller.  “His 
audiences  don’t  detract  from  our  main 
room  or  lounge  and  they  create  a 
considerable  amount  of  casino  traffic. 
We  like  it.” 

Nader  said  his  purpose  in  presen- 
• ting  the  Revival  in  Las  Vegas  is  to 

% give  the  artists  the  showcase  they 
deserve.  “The  Shirelles  and  Bo  Did- 
dley  were  featured  in  the  last  Vegas 
show.  Each  act  has.  from  that  engage- 

% menf,  received  return  bookings  on  an 
individual  basis.  I look  to  start  in 
Vegas  what  we  have  done  nationally 
* thru  the  concerts”. 

Beginning  with  one  concert  in  New 

• York  nearly  three  years  ago.  Richard 
Nader’s  Rock  & Roll  Revival  has  be- 
come one  of  the  nation’s  leading  con- 
cert attractions  and  has  led  the  way 

t for  a huge  revival  of  1950’s  rock  & 
roll  in-person  and  on  records. 

Groucho  ‘Live’ 

Dve  From  A&M 

HOLLYWOOD  — A&M  Records  this 
fall  will  release  a live  album  by 
Groucho  Marx  from  his  May  concert 
at  Carnegie  Hall  and  is  considering  a 
follow-up  LP  when  the  famed  comedi- 
an headlines  “An  Evening  With 
Groucho”  Sept.  24  at  the  Los  Angeles 
Music  Center.  The  show  is  being 
presented  by  Concert  Associates,  a 
subsidiary  of  Filmways  Inc. 

The  Marxman,  who  over  the  past 

* few  seasons  has  sworn  he  would  not 
make  any  public  appearances,  has  re- 
canted and  will  also  do  live  shows  at 
the  Fisher  Theater  in  Detroit,  Oct.  22, 
and  the  Chicago  Auditorium  Theater, 
Oct.  31. 


BOMBS  AWAY! — Neil  Bogart,  co-president  of  the  Buddah  Group,  and  Joe 
Fields,  vice-president  in  charge  of  sales,  literally  descended  upon  the  16th 
Annual  Managers  Meeting  held  by  Heilicher  Brothers  of  Minneapolis  at  the 
Hopkins  House  Breezy  Point  Resort,  in  Breezy  Point,  Minnesota.  Journeying 
from  New  York  City,  in  a small  private  plane,  Bogart  and  Fields  made  their 
blitz  presentation  of  the  Buddah  Group’s  upcoming  product  and  presented  a 
special  Buddah  Group  “Pleasure  Dispenser  Kit”  to  the  210  assembled  guests, 
representing  89  affiliated  stores  in  the  southern,  western  and  mid-western 
United  States.  Seen  here  (right  to  left)  Neil  Bogart,  Ira  Heilicher  of  Heilicher 
Brothers  and  Joe  Fields.  Behind  them,  the  5-seater  airplane,  appropriately 
renamed  “The  Spirit  of  the  Buddah  Group”. 


Billy  Jack  On  Talent  Hunt 


HOLLYWOOD  — Billy  Jack  Produc- 
tions has  announced  open  auditions 
for  musicians  and  song  writers  for 
“The  Trial  of  Billy  Jack,”  sequal  to 
the  successful  film  “Billy  Jack.”  To 
coordinate  the  talent  hunt,  Ton 
Laughlin,  president  of  Billy  Jack  Pro- 
ductions, has  taken  on  Vivian  Flesch, 
formerly  of  Warner  Bros.  Records. 

Trepel,  Deane 
Return  From 
Coast  Visit 

NEW  YORK  — Following  a week’s 
visit  to  the  West  Coast,  Burlington- 
Felsted’s  key  executives,  Mimi  Trepel 
and  Eddie  Deane,  have  returned  to 
the  London  Records  publishing  sub- 
sidiary’s New  York  headquarters. 

While  in  California  they  visited 
several  companies  whom  the  Burling- 
ton group  and  British  Decca  rep- 
resent overseas.  Contact  also  was 
made  with  several  firms  regarding 
possible  European  sub-publishing 
representation. 

Conferences  were  held  with  the 
present  B-F  rep  in  Los  Angeles,  A.  Di 
Martino  Productions  Company,  Inc., 
and  Ms.  Trepel  and  Deane  explored 
the  possibility  of  expanding  oper- 
actions  in  view  of  the  extent  of  re- 
cording activity  there- 

Bringing  with  them  fresh  material 
from  young  writers  in  the  East,  they 
reported  good  reaction.  Response  to 
catalog  material  and  new  copyrights 
by  writers  such  as  Delsey  McKay 
prompted  Deane  to  comment,  “Our 
reception  reaffirms  the  belief  that 
doors  are  always  open  if  you  have 
good  material.”  New  recordings  re- 
sulting from  their  trip  will  be  an- 
nounced soon.  While  on  the  coast, 
they  also  scouted  talent  for  the  re- 
cently formed  Burlington  Production 
Co. 

A similar  visit  to  England  has  been 
planned  for  Sept,  when  they  will  visit 
British  Decca  and  affiliate  Burlington 
Group  publishers. 

RIAA  Gold 
To  MCA  Acts 

UNIVERSAL  CITY  — Neil  Dia- 
mond’s single  “Song  Sung  Blue”  has 
received  RIAA  gold  record  certifica- 
tion. Single  is  from  the  artists’s  sev- 
enth Uni  album,  “Moods.” 

MCA  artists  likewise  awarded 
RIAA  gold  were  Sonny  & Cher  for 
their  “Live”  album. 


“The  field  is  wide  open,”  said  Miss 
Flesch.  “We  are  looking  for  four  acts 
in  any  field — folk,  rock,  country,  pop. 
Mr.  Laughlin  is  seeking,  first  and 
foremost,  charisma  and  impact  in  the 
artist  or  the  material.  My  concern  is 
to  make  sure  the  artist  launches  out 
of  the  pictures  as  a major  recording 
star.  It’s  an  incredible  break  for  tal- 
ent.” 

Billy  Jack  had  a sleeper  in  its  first 
film  and,  as  a record  company,  had 
the  distinction  of  receiving  a gold 
record  on  its  first  release — “One  Tin 
Soldier.” 

Shooting  on  the  sequel  will  start 
toward  the  end  of  September.  Audi- 
tions are  being  scheduled  through 
Miss  Flesch’s  office  at  Billy  Jack  Pro- 
ductions at  10889  Wilshire  Blvd. 
(Suite  840),  Los  Angeles  90024. 


Fabian  Returns 

HOLLYWOOD  — Record  star  Fabian 
will  return  to  the  studio  next  month, 
for  sessions  with  H.  B.  Barnum  in 
Nashville.  He  is  set  to  begin  re- 
cording on  Sept.  11,  and  will  follow-up 
in  October  with  a nightclub  tour,  cur- 
rently being  booked  by  his  manager, 
Jules  Sharr.  This  will  be  the  first  time 
Fabian  will  have  hit  the  club  circuit. 
His  act  will  be  created  and  produced 
by  Barnum. 


Vital  Statistics 

#84 

Sweet  Caroline  (3:07) 

Bobby  Womack  & Peace — UA  50946 

6920  Sunset  Blvd,  Los  Angeles 
PROD:  B.  Womack  c/o  United  Artists 
PUB:  Stonebridge  Music  ASCAP 
c/o  David  Rosner,  527  Madison,  NYC 
WRITER:  N.  Diamond 
FLIP:  Harry  Hippie 


Good  Time  Charley's  Got  the  Blues  (3:02) 
Danny  O'Keefe — Signpost  70006 

D I ST : Atlantic,  1841  B'way.,  NYC 
PROD:  Arif  Mardin  c/o  Atlantic 
PUB:  Cotillion  Road  Canon  BMI 
c/o  Atlantic 
WRITER:  D.  O'Keefe 
FLIP:  The  Valentine  Pieces 


#68 

From  the  Beginning  (3:48) 

Emerson.  Lake  & Palmer — Cotillion  44158 

DIST:  Atlantic.  1841  B'way.,  NYC 
PROD:  Greg  Lake  c/o  Atlantic 
PUB:  Tro  Total  BMI 
WRITER:  Lake 

ARR:  Emerson.  Lake  & Palmer 
FLIP:  Living  Sin 


#91 

(It's  the  Way)  Nature  Planned  It  (3:50) 
4 Tops — Motown  1210 

6464  Sunset  Blvd..  Los  Angeles 
PROD:  Frank  Wilson  c/o  Motown 
PUB:  Jobette/Stone  Agate  Div.  BMI 
6464  Sunset  Blvd..  Los  Angeles 
WRITERS:  F.  Wilson/P.  Sawyer 
ARR:  Jerry  Long 
FLIP:  I'll  Never  Change 


SG-Col  Sets 
3 New  Folios 

NEW  YORK  — Screen  Gems- 
Columbia  Publications  has  released 
“Hot  Country  Singles  No.  5,”  the 
latest  in  their  popular  country  series, 
it  was  announced  by  Frank  J.  Hackin- 
son,  vice  president  of  the  company. 

The  newest  edition  includes  an  as- 
sortment of  twenty  current  chart  top- 
pers— such  titles  as  “The  Happiest 
Girl  In  The  Whole  USA,”  “It’s  Gonna 
Take  A Little  Bit  Longer,”  “Reach 
Out  Your  Hand  (And  Touch  Some- 
body),” “Made  In  Japan,”  and  “Do 
You  Remember  These.” 

Like  its  predecessors,  “Hot  Country 
Singles  No.  5”  is  arranged  for  piano, 
voice,  and  guitar  and  includes  back- 
grounds and  photos  of  the  popular 
artists  who  made  each  song  famous. 

Also,  Screen  Gems-Columbia  has 
released  “Box  Office  Blockbusters,’’  a 
collection  of  memorable  melodies 
from  Broadway  and  Hollywood  hits. 
In  the  nearly  200-page  collection  are 
favorite  scums  from  such  stage  suc- 
cesses as  “My  Fair  Lady,”  “Gypsy,” 
“Funny  Girl,”  and  “Godspell.”  More 
than  34  hits  are  represented  in  the 
selection,  including  such  film  favorites 
as  “Midnight  Cowboy,”  “The  Ander- 
son Tapes,”  “Exodus,”  and  “Five 
Easy  Pieces.” 

“Box  Office  Blockbusters”  are  all 
arranged  for  piano,  voice,  and  guitar. 

The  company  also  has  released  the 
“Fanny  Songbook,”  selections  from 
the  hits  of  the  all-girl  rock  group,  it 
was  announced  by  Frank  J.  Hackin- 
son,  vice  president  of  the  company. 

Fanny’s  single,  “Ain’t  That  Pecu- 
liar,” is  included  in  the  book,  along 
with  music  from  the  group’s  albums. 
Among  the  titles  in  the  book  are 
“Charity  Ball,”  “Place  In  The  Coun- 
try,” “Bitter  Wine,”  “Blind  Alley,” 
and  “Wonderful  Feeling.” 

The  “Fanny  Songbook,”  featuring 
piano,  vocal,  and  guitar  arrange- 
ments, includes  stories  and  photo- 
graphs of  the  group- 


Dunhill  Inks 
Diamond  Head 

HOLLYWOOD  — Jay  Lasker,  pres- 
ident of  ABC/Dunhill,  announced  this 
week  the  signing  of  Diamond  Head  to 
the  label  for  single  and  LP  product. 
The  four-man  group  is  composed  of 
Ray  Hosino  (bass),  Bob  Cabral 
(horns),  Bill  McLellan  (drums)  and 
Hal  Braine  (guitar).  The  group  will 
be  produced  by  Dennis  Lambert  and 
Brian  Potter  for  the  label. 


I 

Guess  Who  (4:05) 

B.  B.  King— ABC  11330 

8255  Beverly  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles 

PROD:  Joe  Zag:arino  c/o  J.  Miller  Pdtns., 

8467  Beverly  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles 

PUB:  Michele  Pub.  BMI 

WRITER:  J.  J.  Belvin 

FLIP:  Better  Lovin'  Man 


I Can  See  Clearly  Now  (2:48) 

Johnny  Nash — Epic  10902 

51  W.  52nd  St..  NYC 
PROD:  Johnny  Nash  c/o  Epic 
PUB:  Caymen  Music  Inc.  ASCAP 
WRITER:  Nash;  ARR:  Nash 
FLI P:  How  Good  It  Is 

#98 

Only  Love  Can  Break  A Heart  (2:45) 
Jackie  DeShannon — Atlantic  2871 
1841  B'way.,  NYC 
PROD:  Wexler/ Dowd/ Mardin 
c/o  Atlantic 

PUB:  Cotillion/ Broken  Arrow  BMI 
c/o  Atlantic 
WRITER:  Neil  Young 
FLIP:  Vanilla  Olay 

#99 

Witchy  Woman  (3:53) 

Eagles — Asylum  11008 

DIST:  Atlantic.  1841  B’way.,  NYC 
PROD:  Glen  Glyn  Johns 
PUB:  Kicking  Bear/ Benchmark  ASCAP 
WRITERS:  D.  Henley/B.  Leadon 
FLIP:  Early  Bird 

#100 

Dedicated  To  The  One  I Love  (3:32) 
Temprees — Produce  1808 

DIST:  Stax.  926  E.  McLemore,  Memphis 
PROD:  Jo  Bridges/Tom  Nixon 
PUB:  Trousdale  Music  BMI 
8255  Beverly  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles 
WRITERS:  L.  Pauling/R.  Bass 
FLIP:  I Love  You.  You  Love  Me 


Cash  Box  — August  26,  1972 


41 


EXECUTIVE  GREETINGS — Shown  above  are  The  Carpenters  who  were  in- 
vited to  the  White  House  by  special  invitation  of  President  Nixon.  During  their 
stay,  Nixon  extended  his  appreciation  to  the  group  for  their  voluntary  efforts 
on  behalf  of  cancer  research.  The  Carpenters  have  been  donating  all  of  their 
royalties  from  the  sale  of  programs  sold  at  their  concerts.  Thus  far,  the  amount 
contributed  totaled  better  than  60  thousand  dollars. 


Music/Hi-Fi 
Expo  In  Frisco 

SAN  FRANCISCO  — People  from 
both  the  entertainment  field  and  the 
music  industry  will  be  a part  of  the 
National  Music  and  Hi-Fi  Expo  ’72, 
the  first  showT  of  its  kind  in  the 
United  States,  to  be  staged  at  the  San 
Francisco  Cow  Palace,  Oct.  6-8. 

Among  the  top  artists  who  will 
perform  are  the  Roger  Wagner  Chor- 
ale; Lamb,  a rock  group;  and  Azteca, 
the  Latin  rock  group  who  has  just 
signed  a one  million  dollar  contract 
with  Columbia.  Donna  Fargo,  the 
number  two  country-western  girl;  and 
Don  Gibson  and  Carl  Smith,  top  na- 
tional country-western  artists  also  will 
entertain.  Invitations  also  have  gone 
out  to  other  name  artists  including 
Chuck  Berry,  Charlie  Mingus,  the 
Four  Freshmen,  Maynard  Ferguson 
and  Ray  Charles. 

Musical  instrument  clinics  will  be 
held  daily  for  both  the  public  and  the 
California  Music  Educators  Assoc. 
Bay  Area  conference  which  is  being 
held  in  conjunction  with  the  show. 

Dr.  Gary  Sigurdson  of  the  Conn 
Corp.,  Urbie  Green  of  King  Music 
Gene  Krupa  of  Slingerland,  Carol 
Kaye  and  Joe  Pass  from  Gwyn  Pub- 
lishing, Don  Lewis  of  Arp  Instru- 
ments, and  others  wall  be  holding 
these  clinics. 

Guild  Musical  Instruments  and  the 
Piano  Technicians  Guild  are  some  of 
the  exhibitors.  All  that’s  new  in  the 
world  of  Hi-Fi  will  include  Altec, 
Gerwin-Vega  Electronics,  Akai,  and 
many  more  Hi-Fi  exhibitors. 

The  California  Music  Educators  As- 
soc. is  strongly  interested  in  this 
show  as  a means  of  reaching  the  pub- 
lic at  a time  when  taxpayers  are  in- 
creasingly reluctant  to  support  finan- 
cially music  education  in  the  school 
system. 

Producers  of  the  show  are  Music 
Exhibitors  in  partnership  with  First 
Commander  Corp.,  at  120  Montgom- 
ery St..  Suite  2500,  San  Francisco, 
Ca.  94104. 

Allman  Bros. 

On  Vacation 

MACON,  GA.  — The  Allman  Bros. 
Band  have  begun  an  extended  vaca- 
tion which  will  last  through  the 
month  of  November.  This  will  be  the 
band’s  first  real  vacation  since  their 
formation  three  and  a half  years  ago. 

Phil  Walden,  manager  of  the  All- 
man  Brothers  explained  that  “the 
band  was  tired  and  needed  several 
months  to  rest  and  relax.  The  band 
had  literally  been  on  the  road  for 
three  and  a half  years,  and  now  need- 
ed time  to  be  with  their  families  and 
pursue  their  individual  interests.  Dur- 
ing the  second  half  of  their  vacation, 
however,  the  band  will  return  to  Ma- 
con and  begin  recording  their  fifth 
album.  A release  date  for  that  album 
has  tentatively  been  set  for  January, 
1973.” 

The  Allman  Brothers  Hollywood 
Bowl  performance  was  their  last  until 
they  begin  their  personal  appearances 
in  late  November  or  December.  All  of 
their  dates  for  the  months  of  August 
and  September  have  been  cancelled 
and  will  be  re-scheduled  at  a later 
date. 

Dove  & Jones’ 

Tahoe  Reunion 

NASHVILLE  — Ronnie  Dove  and  his 
Revue  headlined  a two-week  engage- 
ment at  Harrah’s  Cabaret  Room  at 
Lake  Tahoe,  closing  on  Wednesday, 
Aug.  16. 

In  a surprise  visit  during  Dove’s 
second  show  on  Aug.  9,  Tom  Jones, 
who  was  opening  at  an  adjacent  club 
the  next  night,  caught  the  act,  and 
bantered  back  and  forth  with  Dove 
about  their  days  spent  travelling 
from  Podunk  to  Picadilly  with  the 
Dick  Clark  Show. 

After  the  performance,  an  im- 
promptu gathering  helped  Tom  and 
Ronnie  with  their  catch-up  reminis- 
cence and  present  doings. 


Band’s  ‘Rock’ 

LP  Via  Capitol 

HOLLYWOOD  — Capitol  Records  is 
releasing  The  Band’s  long-awaited 
“Rock  of  Ages”  LP  this  week,  ac- 
cording to  Brown  Meggs,  vice  pres- 
ident of  marketing.  Recorded  live  on 
New  Year’s  Eve  at  the  Academy  of 
Music  in  New  York,  the  two-disk  set 
is  being  issued  in  conjunction  with 
The  Band’s  new  single  “Don’t  Do  It.” 

The  group’s  New  Year’s  Eve  per- 
formance was  the  first  time  they  had 
performed  with  a horn  section. 
Among  “Rock  of  Ages”  most  notable 
features  are  the  innovative  hom  ar- 
rangements by  Allen  Toussaint  for 
some  of  the  group’s  most  familiar 
material.  Besides  Garth  Hudson  on 
tenor  and  soprano  sax,  Toussaint’s 
brass  forces  include  Snooky  Young 
(trumpet  and  flugelhorn),  Howard 
Johnson  (baritone  sax,  tuba  and  eu- 
phonium), Joe  Farrell  (tenor  and  so- 
prano sax  and  english  horn),  Earl 
McIntyre  (trombone)  and  J.  D.  Par- 
ron  (alto  sax  and  e flat  clarinet). 

Included  on  “Rock  of  Ages”  are 
such  new  or  previously  unrecorded 
songs  as  “Get  Up  Jake,”  “Don’t  Want 
to  Hang  Up  My  Rock  and  Roll 
Shoes”  and  “The  Genetic  Method,”  an 
organ  solo  by  Garth  Hudson.  In  addi- 
tion, there  are  newly  arranged  ver- 
sions of  such  Band  classics  as  “The 
Night  They  Drove  Old  Dixie  Down,” 
“Rag  Mama  Rag,”  “The  Weight,” 
“Stage  Fright,”  “The  Shape  I’m  In” 
and  “Life  is  a Carnival.” 


Victrix  Into 
Commercials 

NEW  YORK  — Steve  Metz  and  David 
Lipton  of  Victrix  Productions,  Inc. 
have  announced  the  formation  of  a 
commercial  division  of  their  compa- 
ny, which  over  the  period  of  a year 
and  a half  has  had  four  chart  rec- 
ords. Metz  & Lipton  recently  pro- 
duced a series  of  Faberge  spots,  all  of 
them  sung  by  Beverly  Bremers.  At- 
torneys Michael  Lefferts  and  Robert 
Bregman  negotiated  Faberge  deal. 

Metz  and  Lipton  plan  to  build  up 
their  commercial  wing  by  utilizing 
talent  that  has  been  involved  in  com- 
mercials. Their  roster  will  include 
Joanne  Jonas,  who  is  now  making  the 
“Godspell”  film;  Jerry  Sroka,  also  in 
“Godspell”;  and  Bruce  Roberts,  com- 
poser and  Bell  recording  artist.  All 
three  are  managed  by  Management 
Maximus,  and  have  many  commercial 
credits  behind  them.  They  will  utilize 
talent  of  Diane  Leslie,  who  has  done 
vocal  and  voice-over  commercials. 

Norman  Bergen,  who  arranged  a 
number  of  sides  in  Beverly  Bremers’ 
upcoming  Scepter  album,  “I’ll  Make 
You  Music,”  and  also  co-produced  it 
with  Metz  and  Lipton,  will  also  be 
part  of  the  new  Victrix  set-up.  He  has 
composed  and  arranged  commercials 
for  Rheingold  Beer,  Coca-Cola  and 
A.T.&T.  Also  working  as  a creative 
force  will  be  Steve  Reinhardt,  assis- 
tant musical  director  of  the  “God- 
spell” film,  and  a composer/arranger. 


ESP-Disk’s 
Fish  Fest 

NEW  YORK  — ESP  staged  the  Fish 
Market  Festival  on  Pier  16  of  the 
South  Street  Seaport  Museum  on 
Sunday,  July  10. 

Navigational  lights  from  _ two 
ships,  the  Sagres  and  La  Belle  Simone 
illuminated  the  stage,  where  Sun  Ra, 
Jerry  Moore,  David  Mowrey,  Sangria, 
Arni  Cheatham’s  Thing,  Judy  Stuart, 
Jim  McCarthy,  Gary  Kuper  & Levitta- 
tion  played  to  several  thousand  lis- 
teners. Sun  Ra  closed  the  program, 
and  his  ensemble  was  joined  by  white 
clad  cadets  from  the  Sagres,  who 
danced  with  members  of  the  audience 
to  the  music  of  Ra’s  Intergalactic 
Arkestra.  The  artists  and  some  mem- 
bers of  the  audience  shared  a macro- 
biotic feast  catered  by  the  late  Para- 
dox Restaurant. 


Raeletts  Out 
With  First  LP 

LOS  ANGELES  — - Steve  Swain,  new- 
ly appointed  head  of  Tangerine  Rec- 
ords, Ray  Charles’  Los  Angeles-based 
label,  has  announced  that  the  Rae- 
letts’ LP,  “Yesterday  . . . Today  . . . 
Tomorrow,”  will  be  released  the  first 
week  of  Sept.  This  is  the  first  album 
ever  recorded  by  any  group  of  Rae- 
letts, the  feminine  vocalists  who 
back  Charles  in  concert  and  on  record 
and  who,  on  their  own,  have  previ- 
ously recorded  several  hit  singles  on 
TRC. 

Swain  goes  from  the  NATRA  Con- 
vention to  Washington,  D.  C.,  for  the 
opening  of  Charles’  week  long  en- 
gagement at  the  Carter  Barron  Am- 
phitheater, August  21.  Then  Swain 
will  visit  TRC’s  New  York  distribu- 
tors before  returning  to  his  Los  An- 
geles headquarters. 

Warners  Music 
Signs  Beach  Boy 

HOLLYWOOD  — Ed  Silvers,  Warner 
Bros.  Music  president,  has  announced 
the  signing  of  a long-term  agreement 
with  Bruce  Johnston,  former  member 
of  the  Beach  Boys,  to  represent  all 
future  Johnston  compositions.  The 
deal,  concluded  between  Warner  Bros. 
Music  and  Johnston’s  two  publishing 
firms,  Northern  Hemisphere  and 
Southern  Hemisphere,  also  includes 
the  songs  “Tears  in  the  Morning”  and 
“Disney  Girls.” 

Currently,  Johnston  is  working  on 
the  material  for  a forthcoming  solo 
album,  which  Terry  Melcher  is  expect- 
ed to  produce.  He  will  also  be  writing 
and  recording  with  Melcher  and  Dean 
Torrance  as  a group  named  “Califor- 
nia.” 

Hathaway 
LP  Is  Gold 

NEW  YORK  — “Donny  Hathaway 
Live”  has  been  certified  gold  by  the 
Recording  Industry  Association  of 
America  for  sales  of  $1  million,  thus 
earning  a second  gold  album  for  the 
Atco  recording  artist. 

Hathaway’s  best-selling  collabora- 
tion with  Atlantic  recording  star 
Roberta  Flack,  “Roberta  Flack  and 
Donny  Hathaway,”  has  also  been  cer- 
tified as  a gold  album. 

Additionally,  Roberta  Flack  and 
Donny  Hathaway  have  been  success- 
ful in  the  past  with  such  hit  single 
recordings  including  “You’ve  Got  A 
Friend”  and  the  current  hit,  “Where 
Is  The  Love.” 

“Donny  Hathaway  Live”  is  the  16th 
gold  record  earned  to  date  in  1972  by 
the  Atlantic  family  of  recording  ar- 
tists. 


ALL  IN  THE  FAMILY  (OF  MUSIC):  Star  jazzist  Dave  Brubeck  and  his 
sons  Darius,  Chxds  and  Danny  visited  the  offices  of  Cash  Box,  and  dropped  by 
the  office  of  Irv  Lichtman,  vp  and  editorial  director  (center).  Dave,  of  course, 
is  active  with  the  Dave  Brubeck  Quartet  featuring  Gerry  Mulligan;  Darius 
(piano)  heads  the  Darius  Brubeck  Ensemble  with  Danny  as  drummer;  and 
Chris  (fender  bass,  bass  trombone)  is  leader  of  the  New  Heavenly  Blue. 
There’s  going  to  be  a professional  family  get-together  this  week  (21)  when 
all  three  groups  perform  at  the  Westbury  Music  Fair.  The  groups  are  all 
booked  by  Sutton  Artists. 


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Cash  Box  — August  26,  1972 


Cg"l*wT'  Country  Music  Report 


Capitol  Names  Joe  Allison 
Nashville  Exec  A&R  Director 


HOLLYWOOD  — In  another  move  to 
bolster  its  country-music  operations 
nationally,  Capitol  Records  has 
named  Joe  Allison  to  the  position  of 
executive  a&r  director,  Nashville  divi- 
sion. 

Allison,  who  for  many  years  has 
been  active  as  an  independent  pro- 
ducer for  Capitol  through  his  compa- 
ny, Allison  Productions,  will  be  re- 
sponsible for  the  Nashville  operation 
and  will  direct  the  country  music  de- 
partment from  there.  He  will  work 
closely  with  Wade  Pepper,  newly  ap- 
pointed vice  president  of  c&w  sales 
and  promotion,  headquartered  in  At- 
lanta. 

Allison  began  his  career  in  the  mu- 
sic field  in  1956  as  a disc  jockey  at 
radio  station  KFOX  in  California.  In 


1957,  he  moved  over  to  KRKD,  then 
went  on  to  have  his  own  television 
program,  “Country  America,”  on 
ABC.  He  spent  two  years  at  Liberty 
Records  where  he  initiated  the  label’s 
country/westem  department,  and  five 
years  as  general  manager  of  Central 
Songs  in  Los  Angeles.  In  1965,  he 
began  producing  independently  for 
such  artists  as  Roy  Clark,  Jody  Miller 
and  Hank  Thompson.  For  Capitol,  he 
has  produced  Dick  Curless,  Tex  Ritter 
and  Red  Stegall,  among  others,  and 
will  continue  to  produce  for  the  label 
in  addition  to  his  administrative  du- 
ties. 

Allison,  who  will  base  in  Nashville, 
will  report  to  Ken  Nelson  at  the  Cap- 
itol Tower  in  Los  Angeles. 


Herston  Maps 
U.A.  Sessions 

HOLLYWOOD  — Kelso  Herston, 
United  Artists  Records  newly- 
appointed  a&r  chief  for  country  prod- 
uct, recently  took  over  his  desk  at 
UA’s  Nashville  headquarters  at  722 
South  17  St.,  after  a week  of  policy 
meetings  with  president  Michael  Stew- 
art and  a&r  head  Nik  Venet  at  the 
label’s  Hollywood  offices. 

Initial  project  for  Herston  is  a 
creative  reunion  with  UA’s  c&w  head- 
liner Del  Reeves,  for  whom  he  pro- 
duced the  star’s  biggest  single,  “The 
Girl  on  the  Billboard,”  and  a total  of 
three  consecutive  number-one  country 
45’s,  in  a previous  stint  for  UA  sever- 
al years  ago.  Upcoming  is  a Reeves 
single  session  for  immediate  release. 

On  the  planning  schedule  for  Her- 
ston are  sessions  with  Bill  Phillips 
and  Ray  Sanders.  He  is  also  evalua- 
ting masters  and  new  acts  being  sub- 
mitted to  his  office  and,  in  conjunc- 
tion with  the  label’s  promotion  man- 
ager Bill  Collie,  is  planning  UA’s  live 
show  scheduled  for  Country  Music 
Week  on  Oct.  19,  which  Stewart  is 
slated  to  attend. 

Mega  Promotes 
Ed  Hamilton 

NASHVILLE  — Ed  Hamilton  has 
been  promoted  to  director  of  oper- 
ations and  assistant  to  the  president 
of  Mega  Records  and  Tapes,  Inc.,  ac- 
cording to  an  announcement  made  re- 
cently by  Mega’s  president,  Brad 
McCuen. 

Hamilton  has  been  connected  with 
various  facets  of  the  music  buisness 
since  his  initial  job  in  1948  as  a part- 
time  dj  while  attending  college  at 
Louisiana  Polytechnic  Institute  where 
he  obtained  a BA  in  speech  and 
dramatics.  In  addition  to  his  dj  activ- 
ities, he  has  served  as  program  direc- 
tor for  station  WENO,  national  pro- 
motion and  sales  director  for  United 
Artists,  and  national  promotion  direc- 
tor for  Bobby  Goldsboro  Productions. 

Hamilton  joined  Mega  early  this 
year  and  has  been  serving  as  national 
country  promotion  manager.  McCuen 
said  that  Hamilton,  in  his  new  posi- 
tion, would  be  charged  with  assisting 
him  in  coordinating  and  managing 
the  general  operations  of  the  compa- 
ny’s Nashville  home  office. 

Barlow  As  Mr.  DJ 

NASHVILLE  — WMNI  radio  person- 
ality Ron  Barlow  has  been  named  to 
the  Mr.  DJ  U.S.A.  Hall  of  Fame  at 
Opryland  U.S.A.,  following  his  recent 
live,  remote  broadcast  from  the  new 
entertainment  complex  here. 

According  to  Opryland  officials, 
Barlow’s  name  will  be  engraved  on  a 
plaque,  along  with  those  of  other  top 
dee-jays  from  around  the  country 
who  have  originated  broadcasts  from 
the  park. 


Allen  Chairs 
Coast  CMA 

NASHVILLE  — Motion  picture  and 
television  star,  Rex  Allen,  has  been 
elected  chairman  of  the  west  coast 
membership  committee  for  the  Coun- 
try Music  Assoc.  Allen  succeeds  Corky 
Mayberry.  Bettie  Azevedo,  executive 
secretary  to  Merle  Haggard,  was  re- 
elected Secretary. 

Pat  Shields,  radio  personality  and 
active  country  music  supporter  in  Los 
Angeles,  has  been  added  to  the  com- 
mittee which  includes  Johnny  Bond, 
Janet  Gavin,  Bob  Kingsley,  Chris 
Lane,  Jack  McFadden,  Jerry  Morris, 
Nudie,  Jack  Roberts,  Red  Steagall, 
Cliffie  Stone,  Tex  Williams  and  Bill 
Hollingshead.  The  committee  of  16 
has  met  several  times  in  the  last  few 
weeks  to  make  plans  for  the  1972-73 
membership  drive  on  the  West  Coast. 

The  West  Coast  Membership  Com- 
mittee was  established  by  the  CMA 
board  of  directors  two  years  ago  to 
actively  solicit  the  support  and  mem- 
bership in  CMA  from  country  music 
people  in  nine  western  states. 

Bill  Farr,  the  current  president  of 
CMA  formally  accepted  the  commit- 
tee’s recommendation  of  Allen’s 
chairmanship.  The  committee’s  func- 
tions are  co-ordinated  through  Mrs. 
Jo  Walker,  executive  director  CMA. 

SESAC’s  C&W 
Awards  Banquet 

NEW  YORK  — SESAC’s  eight  annu- 
al Country  Music  Awards  Banquet 
will  be  held  on  Thursday  evening, 
Oct.  19,  at  the  Woodmont  Country 
Club  in  Nashville.  The  event,  hosted 
by  A.  H.  Prager,  executive  vice  pres- 
ident and  managing  director  of  the 
firm,  will  be  one  of  the  highlights  of 
the  week-long  combined  celebration 
of  the  47th  anniversary  of  WSM’s 
“Grand  Ole  Opry”  and  the  Country 
Music  Festival. 

The  evening’s  program,  featuring 
the  presentation  of  the  SESAC 
awards  for  musical  excellence,  will  be 
emceed  by  Bob  Thompson,  director  of 
Nashville  operations  for  the  licensing 
organization.  Attendance  is  by  invita- 
tion only. 

NSA  Ballot  Meet 

NASHVILLE  — At  its  recent  August 
board  meeting,  the  directors  of  the 
Nashville  Songwriters  Assoc,  held  the 
first  round  of  balloting  for  those 
writers  nominated  to  the  Songwriters 
Hall  of  Fame  who  will  be  installed  on 
Oct.  16  at  the  NSA  Annual  Conven- 
tion Banquet. 

The  board  decided  that  the  number 
of  candidates  for  the  Hall  of  Fame 
honor  would  be  reduced  in  number 
this  year  and  four  will  be  finally 
voted  in.  Semi-final  balloting  will 
take  place  at  September  board  meet- 
ing. 


Country  Artist  of  the  Week: 

JOHNNY  RUSSELL 


JOHNNY’S  SONGS — These  are  some  of  the  hits  composer  Johnny  Russell 
has  written — “Act  Naturally”  (Buck  Owens,  The  Beatles,  etc.),  “Making 
Plans”  (Loretta  Lynn,  Wilburn  Brothers),  “In  A Mansion  Stands  My  Love” 
(Jim  Reeves,  Del  Reeves),  “Some  Of  Your  Memories”  (Patti  Page),  “Mean 
Mean  Man”  (Burl  Ives). 

That  representative  collection  of  country  winners  shows  his  talent  as  a 
writer.  His  performing  abilities  are  now  on  display  on  RCA  Records  where 
his  recording  is  produced  by  Jerry  Bradley. 

Guitarist-singer  John  Bright  Russell,  from  Sunflower  County,  Mississippi, 
was  raised  on  country  music.  Growing  up  in  Fresno,  California  he  won  an 
amateur  contest  and  a number  of  talent  shows,  and,  after  completing  his 
schooling,  he  worked  club  dates  and  shows  in  the  area. 

His  songs  found  their  way  to  the  desk  of  Chet  Atkins  in  Nashville,  who 
selected  Johnny’s  song,  “In  A Mansion  Stands  My  Love”  to  be  on  the  flip  side 
of  Jim  Reeves’  “He’ll  Have  To  Go”.  It  was  the  first  of  many  Johnny  Russell 
songs  to  be  recorded. 

Johnny,  meanwhile,  was  working  as  a dj  and  had  his  own  tv  shows  in 
several  markets.  Since,  he  has  moved  to  Nashville  to  be  close  to  the  scene, 
and  where  he  was  signed  as  an  artist  on  RCA  Records.  Today,  with  his  chart 
climbing  hit,  “Rain  Falling  On  Me”,  Johnny  is  not  only  close  to  the  Nashville 
Scene,  he  is  part  of  it. 

Johnny  Russell  is  booked  exclusively  by  the  Atlas  Artist  Bureau. 


WSM’s  47th  Opry  Celebration 


NASHVILLE  — The  largest  annual 
country  music  celebration  in  the 
world,  will  be  held,  Oct.  18  through 
21,  in  Nashville.  The  WSM  47  th 
Grand  Ole  Opry  Birthday  Celebration 
and  Disc  Jockey  Convention  expects 
to  attract  over  6,000  official  delegates 
and  spectators. 

The  actual  convention  begins 
Wednesday,  Oct.  18  with  the  Early 
Bird  Bluegrass  Concert,  and  is  cli- 
maxed by  the  cake-cutting  celebration 
on  stage  at  the  Saturday  Grand  Ole 
Opry. 

In  order  to  attend  all  official  Opry 
anniversary  events,  one  must  send  a 
registration  form  along  with  a check 
for  $10.00  payable  to  the  Opry  Trust 
Fund  and  a separate  $10.00  check 
payable  to  the  Opry  Celebration. 

The  $10.00  Opry  Trust  Fund  fee  is 
a contribution,  and  all  revenue  re- 
ceived is  channeled  to  the  Fund,  es- 
tablished in  1965  to  give  financial  as- 
sistance in  time  of  need,  emergency  or 
catastrophe  to  country  musicians  or 
their  families. 

The  $10.00  Opry  Celebration  fee 
helps  defray  a portion  of  the  cost 


incurred  by  the  sponsoring  firms. 

These  fees  permit  registrants  access 
to  dinners,  luncheons,  buffets,  etc.  at 
the  Municipal  Auditorium,  official 
headquarters.  And  the  opportunity  to 
rub  elbows  with  singers,  DJs  and  oth- 
er industry  people  who  market  the 
country  music  product. 

For  information  on  registration 
write:  Grand  Ole  Opry  Birthday  Cel- 
ebration, P.  O.  Box  100,  Nashville, 
Tenn.  37202. 


Lynn’s  3 TV  Shows 

BURBANK,  CAL.  — Columbia  Rec- 
ords recording  artist  Lynn  Anderson 
has  been  signed  to  do  three  Dean 
Martin  Shows  for  the  coming  season, 
the  first  to  be  seen  on  Sept.  28. 

During  rehearsal  in  NBC’s  Burbank 
studios.  Lynn  was  just  finishing  her 
song,  “Stand  By  Your  Man”.  Dean 
Martin  walked  out  on  stage  (which  he 
seldom  does)  and  said  to  Lynn, 
“Wow,  you’re  a good  singer!”  Net 
result,  three  Dean  Martin  Shows. 


Cash  Box  — August  26,  1972 


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Don  Gibson  (Hickory  1638)  1 

(Acoustic— BMI) 

BLESS  YOUR  HEART 

Freddie  Hart  (Capitol  1362)  3 

(Buckhorn — BMI) 

THERE’S  A PARTY  GOING  ON 

Jody  Miller  (Epic  10878)  4 

(Algee,  Flagship — BMI) 

IT’S  GONNA  TAKE  A LITTLE 
BIT  LONGER 

Charley  Pride  (RCA  0707)  2 

(Pi-Gem— BMI) 

THE  CEREMONY 

Tammy  Wynette  & George  Jones  9 

(Epic  10081)  (Algee— BMI) 

IF  YOU  LEAVE  ME 
TONIGHT  I'LL  CRY 

Jerry  Wallace  (Decca  32989)  10 

(Leeds— ASCAP) 

HERE  I AM  AGAIN 

Loretta  Lynn  (Decca  32974)  11 

(Evil  Eye— BMI) 

I’M  GONNA  KNOCK  ON 
YOUR  DOOR 

Billy  “Crash”  Craddock  (Cartwheel  216)  8 
(Ann-Rachel— ASCAP) 

LISTEN  TO  A COUNTRY  SONG 


Lynn  Anderson  (Columbia  45615)  5 

(Jasperilla — ASCAP) 

SOFT,  SWEET  AND  WARM 

David  Houston  (Epic  10870)  6 

(Algee — BMI) 

IF  YOU  TOUCH  ME 

)oe  Stampley  (Dot  17421)  18 

(Algee/AI  Galico — BMI) 

LOVING  YOU  COULD  NEVER 
BE  BETTER 

George  Jones  (Epic  10858)  7 

(Altam— BMI) 

WHEN  THE  SNOW  IS  ON 
THE  ROSES 

Sonny  James  (Columbia  45644)  20 

(Miller/Amra — ASCAP) 

THE  ROADMASTER 

Freddie  Weller  (Columbia  45624)  16 

(Young  World /Central  Stars — BMI) 

I CAN’T  STOP  LOVING  YOU 

Conway  Twitty  (Decca  32988)  24 

(Acuff-Rose — BMI) 

SWEET  DREAM  WOMAN 

Waylon  Jennings  (RCA  0716)  12 

(Blackwood  Back  Road — BMI) 

I’M  SO  LONESOME 
I COULD  CRY 

'Charlie  McCoy  (Monument  8546)  19 

(Fred  Rose — BMI) 

THIS  LITTLE  GIRL  OF  MINE 

Faron  Young  (Mercury  73308)  23 

(Dixie  Jane/Court  of  Kings — BMI) 

AIN’T  IT  ALL  WORTH 
LIVING  FOR 

Tompall  & Glaser  Bros.  (MGM  14390)  21 

(Milene— ASCAP) 

THE  MONKEY  THAT 
BECAME  PRESIDENT 

Tom  T.  Hall  (Mercury  73297)  22 

(Hallnot — BMI) 

LOOKING  BACK  TO  SEE 

Buck  Owens  & Susan  Raye  25 

(Capitol  3368)  (Dandelion — BMI) 

ASHES  OF  LOVE 

Dickie  Lee  (RCA  0710)  17 

(Acuff-Rose — BMI) 

IF  IT  AIN’T  LOVE 
(LET’S  LEAVE  IT  ALONE) 

Connie  Smith  (RCA  0752)  27 

(Blue  Crest — BMI) 

WHISKEY  RIVER 

Johnny  Bush  (RCA  74-0745)  28 

(Nelson— BMI) 

MISSING  YOU 

Jim  Reeves  (RCA  0744)  33 

(Valley— BMI) 

BORROWED  ANGEL 

Mel  Street  (Royal  American  64)  13 

(Levisa — BMI) 

ALABAMA  WILD  MAN 

Jerry  Reed  (RCA  0738)  29 

(Vector — BMI) 

REACH  OUT  YOUR  HAND 

Tammy  Wynette  (Epic  10856)  14 

(Algee/ Altam — BMI) 

DELTA  DAWN 

Tanya  Tucker  (Columbia  45588)  31 

(United  Artists/ Big  Ax — ASCAP) 

LOVE  IS  A GOOD  THING 

Johnny  Paycheck  (Epic  10876)  15 

(Jack  & Bill— ASCAP) 

A WHOLE  LOT  OF  SOMETHIN’ 

Tony  Booth  (Capitol  3356)  35 

(Blue  Book— BMI) 

I’VE  GOT  TO  HAVE  YOU 

Samml  Smith  (Mega  0079)  26 

(Buckhorn — BMI) 

LONELY  WEEKENDS 

Jerry  Lee  Lewis  (Mercury  73296)  30 

(Knox— BMI) 

THAT  CERTAIN  ONE 

Tommy  Cash  (Epic  10885)  43 

(House  of  Cash — BMI) 

A WORLD  WITHOUT  MUSIC 

Porter  Wagoner  (RCA  0753)  41 

(Owepar — BMI) 

WASHDAY  BLUES 

Dolly  Parton  (RCA  0757)  46 

(Owepar — BMI) 

RAIN  FALLING  ON  ME 

Johnny  Russell  (RCA  0729)  40 

(Husky— BMI) 


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CLASS  OF ’57 

Statler  Bros.  (Mercury  73315)  48 

(House  Of  Cash — BMI) 

IF  I HAD  A HAMMER 

Johnny  Cash  & June  Carter  36 

(Columbia  45631)  (Tro-Lunlow — BMI) 

I’M  IN  LOVE 

Buddy  Alan  (Capitol  6518)  37 

(Blue  Rock— BMI) 

BABY  DON’T  GET  HOOKED 
ON  ME 

Mac  Davis  (Columbia  45618)  55 

(Bridgeport — BMI) 

YOU’VE  GOTTA  CRY  GIRL 

Dave  Dudley  (Mercury  73309)  45 

(Six  Days — BMI) 

IT  MEANT  NOTHING  TO  ME 

Diana  Trask  (Dot  17424)  49 

(Green  Apple/Sunbeam — BMI) 

I WANT  YOU 

Johnny  Carver  (Epic  10872)  39 

(Green  Grass — BMI) 

STONIN’  AROUND 

Dick  Curless  (Capitol  3354)  42 

(Ceda  rwood  / Sawgrass — BMI) 

ONEY 

Johnny  Cash  (Columbia  45660)  63 

(Passkey — BMI) 

SYLVIA’S  MOTHER 

Bobby  Bare  (Mercury  73317)  56 

(Evil  Eye— BMI) 

THE  HAPPIEST  GIRL  IN 
THE  WHOLE  U.S.A. 

Donna  Fargo  (Dot  17409)  47 

(Prima-Donna-Algee — BMI) 

I WILL  NEVER  PASS  THIS 
WAY  AGAIN 

Glen  Campbell  (Capitol  3411)  64 

(Vegas— BMI) 

I AIN’T  NEVER 

Mel  Tillis  (MGM  14418)  62 

(Cedarwood — BMI) 

LUCY 

Eddy  Arnold  (RCA  0747)  53 

(United  Artists— ASCAP) 

TORN  FROM  THE  PAGES 
OF  LIFE 

Stonewall  Jackson  (Columbia  45632)  57 

(Aigee— BMI) 

BEAUTIFUL  PEOPLE 

Pat  Daisy  (RCA  0743)  54 

(Ismael /Coors — BMI) 

DON'T  PAY  THE  RANSOM 

Nat  Stuckey  (RCA  0761)  58 

(Cedarwood — BMI) 

GOODBYE 

David  Rogers  (Columbia  45642)  60 

(Pix  Russ — ASCAP) 

ALWAYS  ON  MY  MIND 

Brenda  Lee  (Decca  32975)  59 

(Press/Rose  Bridge — BMI) 

CALL  ON  ME 

Jeanne  Pruett  (Decca  32978)  65 

(Athens— BMI) 

WHAT  IN  WORLD  HAS  GONE 
WRONG  WITH  OUR  LOVE 

Jack  Green  & Jeannie  Seely  61 

(Decca  32991)  (Tree— BMI) 

NEVER  BEEN  TO  SPAIN 

Ronnie  Sessions  (MGM  14394)  66 

(Lady  Jane — BMI) 

UNEXPECTED  GOODBYE 

Glen  Barber  (Hickory  1645)  72 

(Acuff-Rose — BMI) 

GONE  LOUR  ENDLESS  LOVE) 

Billy  Walker  (MGM  14377)  67 


(Ann  Rachel / Bestwav/ Venomous — ASCAP) 

TOGETHER  ALWAYS 

Porter  Wagoner  & Dolly  Parton  — 

(RCA  0773)  (Oweoar— BMI) 

NORTH  CAROLINA 

Dallas  Frazier  (RCA  0748)  69 

(Blue  Crest/Hill  & Range — BMI) 

IT’S  NOT  LOVE  (BUT  IT’S 
NOT  BAD) 

Merle  Haggard  (Capitol  3419)  — 

(Tree— BMI) 

BURNING  LOVE 

Elvis  Presley  (RCA  0769)  — 

(Combine — BMI) 

OLD  FASHIONED  LOVE  SONG 

Jeris  Ross  (Cartwheel  214)  44 

(Almo— BMI) 

FUNNY  FACE 

Donna  Fargo  (Dot  17429)  — 

(Prima-Donna — BMI) 

YOU  BABE 

Lefty  Frizzell  (Columbia  45652)  70 

(Blue  Crest— BMI) 

ASTROLOGY 

Liz  Anderson  (Epic  10896)  74 

(Greenback — BMI) 

CLAUDETTE 

Compton  Bros.  (Dot  17427)  71 

(Acuff-Rose — BMI) 

SMILE,  SOMEBODY  LOVES 
YOU 

Linda  Gail  Lewis  (Mercury  73316)  75 

(Full  Swing— ASCAP) 

I THINK  THEY  CALL  IT  LOVE 

Don  Gibson  & Sue  Thompson  — 

(Hickorv  1646)  (Acuff-Rose— BMI) 

TRACES 

Sonny  James  (Capitol  3398)  — 

(Low-Sal— BMI) 

LAST  TIME  I CALL 
SOMEBODY  DARLIN’ 

Roy  Drusky  (Mercury  73314)  73 

(Blue  Crest/Hill  8 Range— BMI) 

LONELY  WOMEN  MAKE 
GOOD  LOVERS 

Bob  Luman  (Epic  10905)  — 

(Young  World — BMI) 


Cash  Box  — August  26,  1972 


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C & W Singles  Reviews 


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( Picks  of  the  Week  ) 

HANK  WILLIAMS  JR.  (MGM  14421) 

Pride’s  Not  Hard  To  Swallow  (3:08)  (Passkey,  BMI — J.  Chestnut) 

Hank  Williams  Jr.  has  a solid  ballad  followup  to  his  recent  “Eleven  Roses”  hit. 
Maturely  delivered  vocals  and  a clever  Jerry  Chestnut  composition  add  up  to  an- 
other big  hit  for  Hank.  Flip:  no  info  available. 

BILL  ANDERSON  (Decca  33002) 

Don’t  She  Look  Good  (2:07)  (Passkey,  BMI — J.  Chestnut) 

Backed  by  an  energetic  beat,  Bill  Anderson  delivers  a happy  and  optimistic 
single  with  a young  vocal  sound.  This  Jerry  Chestnut  song  should  command  size- 
able airplay.  Flip:  no  info  available. 

MARTY  ROBBINS  (Columbia  45668) 

I’ve  Got  A Woman's  Love  (2:23)  (Fre  Rose,  BMI — M.  Robbins) 

This  regally  paced  ballad  has  a big,  orchestrated  sound  behind  it  which  com- 
pliments the  optimistic  lyric  well.  Should  be  a big  hit  in  both  country  and  MOR 
markets.  Flip:  no  info  available. 

KENNY  PRICE  (RCA  0781) 

Sea  Of  Heartbreak  (2:33)  (Shapiro,  Bernstein  & Co.,  ASCAP — H.  David,  P. 
Hampton) 

A country  classic  written  by  Hal  David  and  Paul  Hampton,  this  tune  was  first 
popularized  by  Don  Gibson.  Kenny  Price’s  remake  has  a total  sense  of  urgency 
and  shows  that  "Sea  Of  Heartbreak”  can  weather  the  test  of  time  and  become 
a hit  again.  Flip:  "Smiley”  (2:16)  (Tree,  BMI — K.  Price). 

LeROY  VAN  DYKE  (Decca  32999) 

Yesterday  Will  Come  Again  Tonight  (2:43)  (Contention,  SESAC — G.  Ray,  J.  Stone) 
LeRoy  Van  Dyke  has  a strong  case  of  persistent  memories  on  his  hands.  Al- 
though he’s  trying  to  forget  his  problems,  his  fans  will  remember  him  and 
rally  this  single  into  a strong  showing.  Flip:  “I’ll  Be  Around”  (2:05)  (Vector,  BMI — 
J.  Hubbard,  E.  Newton). 

BOBBIE  ROY  (Capitol  3428) 

Leavin’  On  Your  Mind  (2:23)  (Cedarwood,  BMI — W.  Walker,  W.  Pierce) 

After  telling  us  about  “One  Woman's  Trash,”  Bobbie  Roy  gets  into  a solid 
country  torch  song  for  a followup  that  should  go  far  on  the  surveys.  Flip: 
“Candle  In  The  Wind”  (2:35)  (Wiljex,  ASCAP — J.  Rogers). 


BUDDY  ALAN  (Capitol  3427) 

Things  (2:28)  (Alley-Street/Venture,  ASCAP — B.  Darin) 

This  old  Bobby  Darin  pophit  has  lots  more  mileage  in  it,  especially  when  de- 
livered with  Buddy  Alan’s  fresh  and  understanding  talent.  Should  be  a big  one. 
Flip:  “One  Good  Woman”  (2:31)  Blue  Book,  BMI — B.  Alan). 


JESSI  COLTER  (RCA  0780) 

I Don’t  Want  To  Be  A One-Night  Stand  (2:24)  (Ahab,  BMI — L.  Martine  Jr.) 

Jessi  Colter  doesn’t  want  to  be  a one  night  stand,  and  with  the  powerful 
magnetism  she  puts  into  this  superlative  Layng  Martine  Jr.  ballad,  she  won’t 
have  to  worry.  She  should  be  on  the  charts  much  more  than  one  night!  Flip: 
“You  Don’t  Need  Me,  Do  You?”  (2:50)  (Baron,  BMI — M.  Eddy). 

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LINDA  WAKELY  (Shasta  213) 
Palomino  (2:45)  (Riverside,  ASCAP — 
L.  Wakely)  This  young  miss  from  the 
singing  Wakely  family  pays  musical 
tribute  to  the  Palomino  Club,  Holly- 
wood’s Mecca  for  country  music. 
Could  easily  catch  on  and  go  very 
high.  Flip:  “There  He  Goes”  (2:14) 
(Riverside,  ASCAP — B.  Ray). 


KYLE  (Family  0913) 

She  (2:19)  (Layne,  ASCAP— Kyle) 
Giving  a very  emotional  and  convin- 
cing delivery  of  a tender  ballad  he 
also  wrote,  Kyle  comes  on  like  a 
countrified  Jackson  Browne  and 
stands  to  become  a very  large  talent 
in  the  country  and/or  pop  markets. 
Flip:  “Home  To  L.A.”  (2:34)  (same 
credits) 


JAMEY  RYAN  (Show  Biz  0505) 

A Taste  Of  Money  (2:08)  (Cedar- 
wood,  BMI — W.  P.  Walker)  A taste 
of  money  might  not  be  as  sweet  as  a 
taste  of  honey,  but  it  certainly  pays 
the  bills.  This  cute  single  could  be  a 
big  breadwinner  for  Jamey  Ryan. 
Flip:  no  info  available 


SONNY  ANGLIN  (Fabor  356) 

Mrs.  Olsen  (2:28)  (Elm,  BMI — E. 
McNeely,  F.  Robison)  Here’s  a toast 
to  a lady  who  makes  a strange  brew 
on  her  tv  show.  The  novelty  sound  of 
this  arrangement  could  catch  on  if 
given  the  proper  exposure.  Flip:  “To- 
day’s Tomorrows  Yesterday”  (2:08) 
Elm,  BMI — J.  Osborne,  S.  Anglin). 

JACKIE  BURNS  (JMI  8) 

(If  Loving  You  Is  Wrong)  I Don’t 
Want  To  Be  Right  (2:49)  (East/Mem- 
phis/Klondike, BMI — Banks,  Jackson 
& Hampton)  Jackie  Burns  has  here  a 
thoughtful  interpretation  of  Luther 
Ingram’s  pop-r&b  hit.  Could  be  anoth- 
er country  crossover  that  will  register 
on  c&w  surveys.  Flip:  “A  World  Of 
Lovely  Men”  (2:49)  (Jack,  BMI — V. 
Matthews). 

RONNIE  ROGERS  (Rice  5052) 
Rosie’s  Leaving  (2:03)  (Newkeys, 
BMI — B.  Arr,  B.  Davis)  Rosie’s  leav- 
ing, but  Ronnie  Rogers  is  just  arriv- 
ing with  a solid  vocal  rendition  of  a 
catchy  ballad.  Could  get  sizable  air- 
play with  the  proper  promo.  Flip: 
“It’s  Good  To  Know  She’s  There” 
(2:37)  (Newkeys,  BMI — R.  Rogers) 


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COUNTRY  MUSIC  THEN  AND  NOW— Statler 
Bros. — Mercury  61367 

The  Statler  Bros,  have  developed  into  one 
of  the  top  vocal  groups  in  country  music  to- 
day; the  distinctive  sound  of  their  vocal  blend 
is  easily  recognizable  when  applied  to  their 
tasteful  choice  of  material.  The  group’s  cur- 
rent c&w  hit,  “The  Class  Of  ’57”  is  the  main 
point  of  this  set,  but  the  album  theme  used 
is  interesting.  The  LP’s  opening  side  is  “side 
then”  and  deals  with  old  tunes  and  Statler 
comedy  routines  from  yesteryear,  collected 
together  as  “The  Saturday  Morning  Radio 
Show.”  The  other  side  is  entitled  “side  now” 
and  has  recent  material  such  as  “Under  It 
All,"  “Everytime  I Trust  A Gal”  and  “A  Stran- 
ger In  My  Place.” 

IF  THIS  IS  GOODBYE — Carl  Smith — Columbia 
31606 

The  title  tune  of  this  new  Carl  Smith  col- 
lection begins  the  album  with  a feeling  of 
creamy  smoothness  that  continues  right  up 
until  the  last  cut.  Carl  Smith  has  the  Country- 
MOR  market  in  the  palm  of  his  hand  with  his 
mellow  and  relaxed  style — he  is  easy  to  listen 
to,  but  he  is  far  more  than  easy  listening  when 
it  comes  to  lyrical  content.  Although  he  says 
it  in  an  easy-going  fashion,  Carl  Smith  defi- 
nitely has  something  to  say,  as  can  be  heard 
in  “To  Get  To  You,”  “Secret  Love,”  “Cry,” 
“It's  Four  In  The  Morning”  and  “Take  Me.” 


THE  WORLD  OF  FREDDIE  HART — Columbia 
31550 

The  World  of  Freddie  Hart  is  one  filled  with 
song  and  music;  he  has  been  playing  and 
singing  for  a long  time  and  has  reached  the' 
stage  where  he  is  his  music.  This  20-song 
set  assembled  by  Columbia  comprises  much 
of  Freddie’s  earlier  material,  recorded  while  he 
was  still  under  Columbia  contract.  Electronical- 
ly re-recorded  to  simulate  stereo,  this  double- 
LP  package  includes  “Loose  Talk,”  “Say  No 
More,"  “Farther  Than  My  Eyes  Can  See,” 
“The  Wall,”  “Chain  Gang,”  “The  Human  Thing 
To  Do,”  “I’m  No  Angel”  and  “The  Key’s  In 
The  Mailbox.” 


RAY  PRICE’S  ALL-TIME  GREATEST  HITS— 
Columbia  31364 

Ray  Price  is  not  one  to  release  a lot  of 
material  at  once — he  is  more  a believer  in 
quality  than  quantity.  Therefore,  when  he  does 
release  product,  it  is  of  lasting  value.  Here 
we  have  his  best,  gleaned  by  Columbia  from 
the  carefully  assembled  music  of  his  other 
Columbia  albums.  Included  are  “Take  Me  As 
I Am,”  "She  Wears  My  Ring,”  “Lonely  World,” 
“You  Wouldn’t  Know  Love,”  “April’s  Fool," 
“Sweet  Memories,”  "Yesterday”  and  "When  I 
Loved  Her.” 


LOVE  ISN’T  LOVE  TILL  YOU  GIVE  IT  AWAY— 
Bobby  Lee  Trammell — Souncot  1141 

Bobby  Lee  Trammell’s  philosophy,  stated  in 
the  title  tune,  is  also  followed  through  in  the 
remaining  ten  songs  of  this  set.  He  has 
plenty  of  love  that  he  gives  to  his  listeners  via 
deepfelt  vocals  coupled  with  topnotch  mate- 
rial. Bobby  Lee  believes  in  a variety  of  sounds 
and  appropriately  ranges  from  straight  country 
ballads  (“To  Get  To  You”)  to  raunchy  hard, 
rock  (“Chantilly  Lace”).  Other  selections  in- 
clude “Me  And  Jesus,”  “Dance  To  The  Tune,” 
"Play  It  Again,”  “A  Little  Bit  Of  Soap”  and 
“I  Believe  In  You.” 


THE  BEST  OF  LEONA  WILLIAMS — Hickory  165 

“The  Country  Girl  With  Hot  Pants  On”  is 
on  the  rampage  with  an  eleven  song  album 
of  her  best  cuts,  including  her  “Hot  Pants” 
hit.  Leona  Williams  has  a special  throaty  qual- 
ity that  makes  her  torch  songs  (such  as  “He’s 
Just  You  Made  Over”)  interesting  and  very 
convincing.  Songs  such  as  “The  Boys  And 
Lucy  Brown”  and  “Yes  Ma’m  (He  Found  Me 
In  A Honky  Tonk)”  show  her  humorous  and 
energetic  side,  while  “Out  Of  Hand”  highlights 
the  slow  and  serious  Leona  Williams. 


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Cash  Box  — August  26,  1972 


CasMBox  Top  Country  Albums 


1 

THE  HAPPIEST  GIRL  IN  THE 

17 

GOD  BLESS  AMERICA  AGAIN 

WHOLE  U.S.A. 

Loretta  Lynn  (Decca  75351) 

14 

Donna  Fargo  (Dot  DOS  26000) 

1 

18 

LISTEN  TO  A COUNTRY  SONG 

2 

HANK  WILLIAMS,  JR. 

Lynn  Anderson  (Columbia  KC  31647) 

— 

GREATEST  HITS,  VOL.  2 

19 

LET  ME  TELL  ABOUT 

(MGM  4822) 

2 

A SONG 

3 

ELEVEN  ROSES 

Merle  Haggard  (Capitol  ST  882) 

16 

Hank  Williams  Jr.  (MGM  SE  4843) 

3 

20 

YOU  ALMOST  SLIPPED 

4 

LONESOMEST  LONESOME 

MY  MIND 

Ray  Price  (Columbia  KC  31546) 

5 

Kenny  Price  (RCA  LSP  4673) 

29 

5 

ME  AND  THE  FIRST  LADY 

George  Jones  & Tammy  Wynette 

9 

21 

WOMAN  (SENSUOUS 

(Epic  31554) 

WOMAN) 

6 

BLESS  YOUR  HEART 

Don  Gibbon  (Hickory  1638) 

— 

Freddie  Hart  (Capitol  ST  11073) 

4 

22 

TRAVELIN’  MINSTREL  BAND 

7 

TO  GET  TO  YOU 

Carter  Family  (Columbia  31454) 

21 

Jerry  Wallace  (Decca  5349) 

7 

23 

THE  BEST  OF  JOHNNY  BUSH 

8 

LOVE  WALKED  IN 

(Million  1001) 

25 

David  Houston  (Epic  31385) 

6 

24 

AMERICAN 

9 

DIANA  TRASK  SINGS 

Johnny  Cash  (Columbia  KC  31645} 



ABOUT  LOVING 

(Dot  25999) 

11 

25 

STONIN’  AROUND 

10 

BEST  OF  BUCK  & SUSAN 

Dick  Curless  (Capitol) 

28 

Buck  Owens  & Susan  Raye 

13 

26 

ALL  TIME  GREATEST 

(Capitol  ST  11034} 

Marty  Robbins  (Columbia  KG  31361) 

— 

11 

THIS  LITTLE  GIRL  OF  MINE 

Faron  Young  (Mercury  SR  6364) 

17 

27 

ALL  THE  LONELY  WOMEN 

12 

IF  IT  AIN’T  LOVE 

IN  THE  WORLD 

Bill  Anderson  (Decca  5344) 

27 

Connie  Smith  (RCA  LSP  4748) 

8 

13 

GEORGE  JONES 

28 

WHEN  THE  SNOW  IS  ON  THE 

(Epic  31321) 

10 

ROSES 

Sonny  James  (Columbia  KC  31646) 

— 

14 

REAL  McCOY 

Charlie  McCoy  (Monument  31329) 

12 

29 

IS  IT  ANY  WONDER  THAT 

15 

BEST  OF  JERRY  REED 

1 LOVE  YOU 

(RCA  LSP  4729) 

15 

Nat  Stuckey  (RCA  LSP  4743) 

— 

16 

THE  WILLIE  WAY 

30 

MISSING  YOU 

Willie  Nelson  (RCA) 

20 

Jim  Reeves  (RCA  LSP  4849) 

— 

Cash  Box  — August  26,  1972 


TOGETHER  ALWAYS,  ON  PAPER— Porter  Wagoner  and  Dolly  Parton 
inked  writer’s  contracts  with  Broadcast  Music,  Inc.  at  Owepar  Publishing 
Co.’s  Nashville  offices  recently.  The  deal  was  negotiated  by  Louis  Owens, 
Owepar  general  manager,  and  Mrs.  Frances  Preston,  BMI  vp. 


TALKIN’  BOUT  THE  JONES  BOY — Archie  Campbell  announced  the  signing 
of  a personal  management  contract  on  the  17  year  old  guitarist,  Tommy  Jones, 
4th  place  winner  in  the  recent  Chet  Atkins  guitar  contest.  On  hand  for  the 
announcement  were  Bob  Barkwell,  Campbell’s  road  manager;  Campbell;  Dick 
Shoary  of  Ovation  Records  and  Chet  Atkins. 


GOLDEN  HOPN 
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WILD  BILL  EMERSON 


Ace  of  Hearts  Records  0451 


He’s  Already  Gone 


Ace  of  Hearts  Records  0454 


GREAT  NEW  SINGLES  FROM 

Ace  of  Hearts 
Decords 

AGREAHJEVUMEL 

Harlan  County 


WILD  BILL  EMERSON 


Ace  of  Hearts  Records  0452 


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1 3 School’s  Out — Alice  Cooper — Warner  Bros. — Carlin 

2 1 Puppy  Love — Donny  Osmond — MGM — MAM 

3 4 Seaside  Shuffle — Terry  Dactyl  & The  Dinosaurs — UK — Sonet 

4 5 Breaking  Up  Is  Hard  To  Do — Partridge  Family — Bell — Screen 

Gems/  Columbia 

5 2 Sylvia’s  Mother — Dr.  Hook  & The  Medicine  Show — CBS — Essex 

6 13  Popcorn — Hot  Butter — Pye — Bourne 

7 7 Silver  Machine — Hawkwind — UA — Cop.  Con. 

8 8 I Can  See  Clearly  Now — Johnny  Nash — CBS — Rondor 

9 6 Rock  And  Roll  Part  1/11 — Gary  Glitter — Bell — Leeds 

10  11  Automatically  Sunshine — Supremes — Tamla  Motown — Jobete/ 

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11  10  Starman— David  Bowie — RCA — Titanic 

12  9 Circles — New  Seekers — Polydor — Ampar 

13  12  Mad  About  You — Bruce  Ruffin — Rhino — Creole 

14  15  My  Guy — Mary  Wells — Tamla  Motown — Jobete /Carlin 

15  17  Betcha  By  Golly  Wow — Stylistics — Avco — Gamble  Huff 

16  — 10538  Overture — Electric  Light  Orchestra — Harvest — Carlin 

17  14  Join  Together — Who — Track — Fabulous 

18  — It’s  Four  In  The  Morning — Faron  Young — Mercury — Burlington 

19  16  Little  Willy — Sweet — RCA — Chinnichap/Rak 

20  — Working  On  Building  Of  Love — Chairman  Of  The  Board — In- 

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TOP  TWENTY  LP’S 

1 Greatest  Hits — Simon  & Gaxffunkel — CBS 

2 School’s  Out — Alice  Cooper — Warner  Bros. 

3 Never  A Dull  Moment — Rod  Stewart — Mercury 

4 The  Rise  And  Fall  Of  Ziggy  Stardust — David  Bowie — RCA 

5 The  Slider— T.  Rex— EMI 

6 Slade  Alive — Slade — Polydor 

7 20  Dynamic  Hits — Various  Artists — K-Tel 

8 American  Pie — Don  McLean — UA 

9 Trilogy — Emerson,  Lake  and  Palmer — Island 

10  Moods — Neil  Diamond — Uni 

11  Bridge  Over  Troubled  Water — Simon  & Garfunkel — CBS 

12  Living  In  The  Past — Jethro  Tull — Chrysalis 

13  Bolan  Boogie — T.  Rex — Fly 

14  2n  Fantastic  Hits — Various  Artists — Arcade 

15  Elvis  At  Madison  Square  Garden — Elvis  Presley — RCA 

16  Honky  Chateau — Elton  John — DJM 

17  Exile  On  Main  Street — Rolling  Stones — Rolling  Stones 

18  Himself — Gilbert  O’Sullivan — MAM 

19  Breadwinners — Jack  Jones — RCA 

20  Love  Theme  From  The  Godfather — Andy  Williams — CBS 


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Sayonara  Wo  Surutameni — Billy  Banban  (Kit/Columbia)  Pub: 
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Tabi  No  Yado — Takuro  Yoshida  (Odyssey/CBS-Sony)  Pub: 
Pacific  Music 

Love  Theme  From  The  Godfather — Andy  Williams  (CBS-Sony) 
Pub:  Nichion 

Anata  Dakede  Yiyi — Kenji  Sawada  (Polydor)  Pub:  Watanabe 
Hitori  Ja  Naino — Mari  Amachi  (CBS-Sony)  Pub:  Watanabe 
Doonimo  Tomaranai — Rinda  Yamamoto  (Canyon)  Pub:  Fuji 
Music 

Mebae — Megumi  Asaoka  (GAM/Victor)  Pub:  J & K 
Himawari  No  Komichi — Cherish  (Victor)  Pub:  Victor  Music 
Furimukanaide — Honney  Nights  (Union/Teichiku)  Pub:  Astro 
Sekishoku  Elegy — Morio  Agata  (Bellwood/King)  Pub:  SCM 
Tekkyo  Wo  Wataruto  Namida  Ga  Hajimaru — Shoji  Ishibashi 
(Crown)  Pub:  Crown  Music 

Natsu  No  Fureai — Four  Leaves  (CBS-Sony)  Pub:  Standard 
Music 

Junketsu — Saori  Minami  (CBS-Sony)  Pub:  Nichion 
God  Father — Sound  Track  (Woi-ld/Victor)  Pub:  Nichion 
Setono  Hanayome — Rumiko  Koyanagi  (Reprise/ Warner-Pio- 
neer) Pub:  Watanabe 

Matte  Iru  Onna — Hiroshi  Itsuki  (Minoruphone/Tokuma)  Pub: 
Tokuma  Music 

Kokoro  No  Honoho  Moyashita  Dakede — God  Father — Kiyohiko 
Ozaki  (Philips/Phonogram)  Pub:  Nichion 
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Sensei — Masako  Mori 


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2 1 Chiyisana  Koi-Hitorija  Nayino — Mari  Amachi  (CBS-Sony) 

3 2 Simon  & Garfunkel  (Gold-Disk)  (CBS-Sony) 

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3 4 lo  Vagabondo — I Nomadi  (Columbia)  VdP 

4 10  Un  Albero  Di  30  Piani — A.  Celentano  (Clan)  Marghei’ita 

5 5 Noi  Due  Nel  Mondo  E Nell’anima — Pooh  (CBS-Sugar)  April 

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6 3 Piccolo  LTomo — Mia  Martini  (Ricordi)  Pegaso 

7 7 I Giardini  Di  Marzo — L.  Battisti  (Num.  1)  Acqua  Azzurra 

8 — Semo  Gente  De  Borgata — I Vianella  (Apollo)  Vianello/It 

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1 6 Popcorn  (Various  Artists — Various  Labels). 

2 1 Smoke  Gets  In  Your  Eyes  (Blue  Haze — A & M). 

3 4 Un  Canto  A Galicia  (Julio  Iglesias — Decca). 

4 9 Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day  (Gilbert  O’Sullivan — MAM — April 

Music). 

5 2 Hello-A  (Mouth  & MacNeal — Decca — Hans  Kusters  Music). 

6 3 Mouldy  Old  Dough  (Lieutenant  Pigeon — Decca). 

7 8 Bid  Voor  Mij  (Will  Tura — Palette — RKM). 

8 10  Kiss  Me  (C.  Jerome — AZ — New  Music  Corporation). 

9 7 A Whiter  Shade  Of  Pale  (Procol  Harum — Maxicube — Essex 

Music). 

10  5 Je  Voudrais  Dormir  Pres  De  Toi  (Frederic  Francois — Vogue — 

Vogue). 


TW  LW 

1 1 Algo  De  Mi  (Odeon)  Camilo  Sesto  (RCA) 

2 2 Tantos  Deseos  De  Ti  I Pooh  (CBS) 

3 3 Palabras  Palabras  (Clandilo)  Silvana  Di  Lorenzo  (RCA);  Mina 

(Fermata) 

4 5 Dios  Del  Olvido  (Korn)  Cuatro  Soles  (Odeon);  Pablo  Danielo 

(RCA) 

5 7 The  Godfather  (Korn)  Andy  Williams  (CBS);  Soundtrack  (Mu- 

sic Hall);  A1  Mai-tino  (Odeon);  Alain  Debray  (RCA);  Mathias 
(Polydor) 

6 6 Playas  Somnolientas  (Odeon)  Johnny  Pearson  (Car  Music); 

Alain  Debray  (RCA);  Ray  Conniff  (CBS);  Mathias  (Polydor) 

7 9 Un  Gato  En  La  Oscuridad  (Melograf)  Roberto  Carlos,  Sergio 

Denis  (CBS) 

8 4 Vacaciones  De  Verano  (Korn)  Terry  Winter  (Odeon);  Lafay- 

ette (CBS) 

9 8 My  World  (Korn)  Bee  Gees  (Polydor) 

10  13  Sabado  A La  Noche  Ledbetter  Possum  (Music  Hall) 

11  12  Sin  Ti  (Odeon)  Charlie  Leroy  (RCA) 

12  10  Salta  Pequena  Langosta  (Melograf)  Cenizas  (Odeon);  Ruben 

Mattos  (RCA) 

13  — Schwabadaba  Ding  Ding  (Pamsco)  Tony  Ronald  (Music  Hall) 

14  11  Someday  Never  Comes  (Relay)  Creedence  Clearwater  Revival 

(RCA) 

15  — Si  Supieras  M.  E.  Lovero  (RCA);  Julieta  (RCA) 

16  — Oh  Judy  Los  Diablos  (Odeon) 

17  14  Esta  Noche  (Korn)  George  Baker  Selection  (Polydor) 

18  20  La  Vida  Es  Hoy  (Korn)  Sergio  Denis  (CBS) 

19  17  Desiderata  A.  Benavedes  (Music  Hall) 

20  16  Locuras  Tengo  De  Ti  (Melograf)  Pedro  Villar  (Polydor) 

TOP  TEN  LP’S 

TW  LW 

1 1 Para  Toda  La  Gente  Vol  II  Selection  (Odeon) 

2 2 Tip  Top  Vol  II  Selection  (RCA) 

3 — Catorce  Voltops  Selection  (CBS) 

4 3 Algo  De  Mi  Camilo  Sesto  (RCA) 

5 4 Argentinisima  Vol  III  Selection  (Microfon) 

6 — Pipo  Pescador  Pipo  Pescador  (RCA) 

7 5 Los  Mas  Grandes  Exitos  Roberto  Carlos  (CBS) 

8 — Concierto  Ginamaria  Hidalgo  (Microfon) 

9 — Triunfadores  Los  del  Suquia  (Microfon) 

10  10  Jeremias  Vox  Dei  (Disc  Jockey) 


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INTERNATIONAL  MUSIC  REPORT 


Playboy  Sets  Int’l  Deals 


Ruffino  Is 
Int’l  Admn 


HOLLYWOOD  — Playboy  Records 
and  Music  has  concluded  12  interna- 
tional distribution  agreements  and 
named  a new  international  adminis- 
trator. He  is  Joseph  Ruffino,  who 
continues  as  product  manager  for 
Playboy  product  in  the  U.S.  in  addi- 
tion to  his  new  overseas  responsibili- 
ties. 

According  to  the  label’s  newly  ap- 
pointed exec,  vice  president,  Larry 
Cohn,  the  international  distributors 
for  Playboy  Records  are  Teldec  in 
Hamburg,  for  Germany;  Grammofon 
AB  Electra,  for  Sweden;  Tapecar 
Gravacoes  S.A.,  for  Brazil;  Discos 
Musart  S.A.,  for  Mexico;  Movieplay 
Discos  S.A.  in  Madrid,  for  Spain; 


C.A.M.-U.S.A. 
Sets  Bang 
On  Int’l  Mkt 


NEW  YORK  — C.A.M.-U.S.A.  princi- 
pal Vittorio  Benedetto  reports  finali- 
zation of  negotiations  for  the  release 
of  recordings  and  sub-publishing 
around  the  globe  for  Capitol  Records 
hit  group  Bang.  All  material  by  the 
group  is  published  by  C.A.M.-U.S.A. 

Foreign  sub-publishers  listed  for 
Bang  are:  Melograph  S.R.L.,  Argen- 
tina; Herman  Brauer  New  Music 
Corp.,  Belgium;  Editora  Mundo  Musi- 
cal S.A.,  Brazil;  CAM  London,  Eng- 
land; Editions  Musicales  Claude 
Pascal,  France;  C.A.M.-S.P.A.  Italy; 
Japan  CAM  Co.  Ltd.,  Japan;  Edito- 
rial Mexicana  De  Musica  Sa  De  Cv, 
Mexico;  Edicoes  Musicais  Triunfo, 
Portugal;  April  Forlags  AB,  Sweden 
and  Intersong  PTY,  Ltd.,  South  Afri- 
ca. 


Benedetto  and  Jimmy  Ienner, 
C.A.M.-U.S.A.  Principals,  also  an- 
nounced that  C.A.M.-U.S.A.  will  pub- 
lish the  score  of  “La  Polizia  Ringra- 
zia’’  (From  The  Police  With  Thanks). 
Music  for  the  film  was  composed  by 
Stelvio  Cipriani,  whose  credits  include 
the  score  of  “The  Anonymous  Veneti- 
an.” The  film  will  be  released  in  the 
U.S.  shortly. 


Mithra  Via 
Polydor  On 
Canada  Mkt 


CANADA  — Mithra  Records,  a New 
York  based  label,  has  signed  a dis- 
tribution agreement  with  Polydor 
Canada  Inc.,  reports  Frank  Gould, 
Polydor  label  chief. 

First  production  to  be  released  un- 
der this  new  arrangement  is  Bobby 
Callender’s  “The  Way  (First  Book  of 
Experiences)”.  The  two  record  set, 
composed,  produced  and  arranged  by 
Callender,  is  a combination  of 
Eastern  and  Western  music  with  a 
devotional  theme. 

Special  promo  for  the  Callender  LP 
will  be  aimed  at  universities  and  med- 
itation groups. 


Barclay  Records,  for  France;  CNR 
Records,  for  Holland;  Dyna  Products 
in  Manila,  for  the  Philippines;  Radio 
Corporation  PTY,  Ltd.,  for  Australia; 
Corporation  Los  Ruyces  S.A.  in 
Caracas,  for  Venezuela;  Quality  Rec- 
ords Ltd.  in  Ontario,  for  Canada;  and 
King  Records  Company  Ltd.  in 
Tokyo,  for  Japan. 


Polydor 
Canada 
Sales  Confab 


Threshold  Shops  In  U.K. 


NEW  YORK  — Gerry  Hoff,  president 
of  Threshold  Records,  has  announced 
plans  for  a chain  of  retail  record 
stores  called  Threshold  Record  Shops, 
to  be  located  in  towns  throughout 
England. 

The  prospective  chain  is  the  culmi- 
nation of  Threshold’s  year-long  ex- 
periment in  record  retailing,  which 
began  when  the  company  moved  into 
its  present  headquarters  in  Cobham, 
England;  shortly  thereafter,  in  June, 
1971,  the  company  opened  the  first 
Threshold  Record  Shop  on  the  ground 
floor  of  its  new  office-studm  complex. 
“In  the  past  year  the  venture  has  met 
with  great  success,  not  only  as  a 
financial  investment  but  also  as  a 


MONTREAL  — An  improved  coun- 
try-wide communication  system,  a 
series  of  fall  planning  workshops  and 
a new  peak  in  group  communication 
highlighted  the  recently  completed 
Polydor  sales  convention,  held  July 
24  at  the  Alpine  Inn  in  St.  Marguer- 
ite, Quebec. 

The  entire  sales,  promo  and  exec 
staff  of  Polydor  Canada  Inc.,  were 
treated  to  a series  of  music  and  slide 
presentations  by  the  sales  department 
and  label  chief  and  a 41  minute  color 
film  extravaganza  prepared  by  Allan 
Katz,  national  promo  director,  which 
keynoted  the  proceedings. 

Workshops,  conferences  and  mid- 
night work  sessions  featured  enter- 
tainment provided  by  Polydor  artists 
Joey  Gregrash,  Pelo  and  Max  Swer- 
ling.  At  the  final  dinner,  hosted  by 
Barclay  Records,  there  was  an  im- 
promptu song  routine  by  leading 
French  Canadian  artist  Robert 
Charlebois. 

A full  scale  promotion  across 
Canada  is  scheduled  to  introduce  En- 
glish Canadians  to  Robert  Charlebois 
with  his  latest  album  and  “Concep- 
tion,” his  most  successful  single  to 
date.  This  campaign  is  to  be  aided  by 
personal  appearances  and  the  release 
of  an  English  language  single  by 
Charlebois. 


Silver  CMA 
Int’l  Head 


HOLLYWOOD  — CMA  board  chair- 
man Buddy  Howe  has  appointed  Roy 
Silver  as  head  of  the  company’s  inter- 
national concert  department.  Silver,  a 
CMA  vice  president,  is  presently  head 
of  the  music  division  as  well. 


Irv  Dinkin,  vice  president  of  the 
concert  department  in  Los  Angeles, 
has  been  transferred  to  CMA’s  New 
York  office.  Artists  represented  in 
this  department  include  the  Carpen- 
ters, the  Fifth  Dimension,  Roberta 
Flack,  Donny  Hathaway  and  Leon 
Russell. 


Ember  LP’s 
For  Sept. 


LONDON  — The  debut  of  Liberace 
on  the  Ember  Records  label,  with  his 
single  rendition  of  the  “Theme  from 
‘The  Godfather’,”  is  part  of  the  label’s 
Sept,  release  package,  according  to 
Ember  president  Jeff  Kruger. 


Also  scheduled  are  a single  and  an 
album  by  Albino  Gorilla  and  three 
additional  LP’s,  “Classical  Brass  Goes 
Pop,”  Philip  Springer  Brass  Band; 
“Intrusions,”  Charlie  Mingus;  and 
“Foundations  of  Modern  Jazz,” 
featuring  Quincy  Jones,  Milt  Jackson, 
Kai  Winding,  Max  Roach,  Benny 
Powell,  J.  J.  Johnson,  and  others. 


TONY  BENNETT,  the  star  performer  at  Princess  Grace’s  recent  Red  Cross 
Gala,  pauses  to  chat  with  the  Princess  prior  to  his  performance.  Bennett  was 
the  guest  of  the  Princess  during  his  stay  in  Monaco.  The  Gala  is  Europe’s 
most  important  social  and  entertainment  event. 


means  of  communication  between 
Threshold  and  the  local  population,” 
the  company  stated. 

According  to  Don  MacKenzie,  gen- 
eral manager  of  Threshold’s  retail  di- 
vision, the  stores  will  operate  as  a 
totally  independent  subsid  of  Thres- 
hold Records,  and  stock  virtually  ev- 
ery type  of  recorded  music.  The  sec- 
ond Threshold  Record  Shop  will  begin 
operations  in  Andover,  England  this 
Sept.,  and  additional  branches  will  be 
opened  as  suitable  sites  are  deter- 
mined. For  the  present,  all  outlets  are 
planned  for  suburban  and  rural  loca- 
tions in  southeastern  England. 


Warner/Pioneer 
Finance  Report 


TOKYO  — Mr.  Sakamoto,  chief  direc- 
tor of  sales  of  Warner/Pioneer  Co., 
Ltd.,  reported  on  gross  sales  for  the 
2nd  term  (Aug.  21  1971  to  Aug.  20, 
1972). 

The  total  sales  in  this  term  are 
expected  to  be  4,200,000,000  yen  or 
4,300,000,000  yen  on  a target  of  3,000,- 
000,000  yen.  The  percentage  of  Japa- 
nese music  and  Western  is  50-50, 
while  singles  and  LP’s  is  40-60,  re- 
spectively. The  target  of  next  term 
(one  year)  is  6,000,000,000  or  7,000,- 
000,000  yen. 


WEA/DISCHI  RICORDI:  WEA  Inter- 
national is  renewing  its  association 
with  Dischi  Ricordi  as  the  WEA  li- 
censee in  Italy,  reports  Phil  Rose, 
exec,  vice  president  of  WEA  Interna- 
tional. 


“We  are  renewing  our  arrangement 
with  Dischi  Ricordi  as  a result  of  the 
expanding  market  penetration  of 
Warner  Bros.,  Elektra  and  Atlantic 
artists  in  Italy,”  said  Rose. 

Rose  (right)  and  Guido  Rignano, 
managing  director  of  Dischi  Ricordi, 
are  shown  above  preparing  to  sign 
new  pact. 


Aussy  Single 
To  MGM  In  U.S. 


MELBOURNE  — Sparmac  Produc- 
tions here  report  that  the  Binder/Por- 
ter organisation  in  Hollywood  has 
announced  the  rush  release  on  the 
American  market  of  “Ongo  Bongo”,  a 
single  by  local  performer  Gerry 
Humpbrys.  It  will  be  issued  on  MGM 
Records.  Binder/Porter  also  announce 
that  Gerry  Humphrys  has  been  chosen 
to  represent  Australia  at  the  Rio 
Song  Festival  Sept.  23. 


Mancini  Award 


HOLLYWOOD  — Henry  Mancini  has 
been  invited  to  be  the  special  guest  of 
honor  as  well  as  a presenter  at  Aus- 
tralia’s annual  Logie  Awards.  The 
Logies  are  the  Down  Under  equiva- 
lent of  the  Emmy  Awards  and  will  be 
presented  Feb.  16,  1973,  in  Melbourne. 


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COIN  MACHINE  NEWS 


EDITORIAL 

Operators,  a breed  unto  themselves,  are  not  the 
most  communicative  people  in  the  world.  They  tend 
to  keep  their  opinions  pretty  much  to  themselves — 
especially  when  they  are  onto  something  good.  It  has 
been  our  experience,  tho,  that  many  good  programs 
and  functions  enjoyed  by  members  of  this  industry 
have  gone  by  the  wayside,  simply  because  too  few 
operators  spoke  up  and  said:  “hey,  that  was  terrific. 
I hope  you’ll  do  it  again.” 

Early  this  year,  MOA  implemented  an  idea  origi- 
nated by  its  current  president  John  Trucano.  This 
was  to  stage  serious  business  seminars  at  strategic 
cities  around  the  country,  expressly  for  and  about 
operators  and  their  trade.  Three  such  regional  semi- 
nars were  held;  each  was  declared  a rousing  100% 
success  at  its  conclusion,  but  . . . the  prospect  of 
continuing  the  seminars  next  year  is  at  issue  simply 
because  operators  (being  what  they  are)  have  not 
been  talking  them  up. 

We  have  never  experienced  anything  so  marvelous- 
ly informative  as  these  seminars.  If  you  share  this 
opinion,  write  the  MOA  and  let  them  know. 


All-Location  Baseball  Novelty  Bows 


CHICAGO  — designed  to  open  the 
doors  to  locations  never  before  recep- 
tive to  full-size  games,  Chicago  Coin’s 
new  Mini-Baseball  is  a compact  game 
of  skill  that  can  be  operated  as  a wall 
unit  or  on  a console  base. 

Mini-Baseball  offers  realistic  full- 
size-game  sounds,  including  crowd 
cheers  for  hits  and  home  runs,  “rasp- 
berries” for  outs  and  bells  for  runs 
scored.  The  solid  state  sound  system 
has  adjustable  volume  and  uses  no 
tape.  The  playing  field  has  single- 
double-triple-home run  and  out  lanes. 
Play  appeal  is  enhanced  by  an  excit- 
ing 10  Home  Run  Bonus,  animated 
bail  players  running  the  bases  in 
lights  and  a special  light-up  skill 
gauge  that  tells  the  player  how  far  to 
pull  the  ball  release  lever  to  control 
the  speed  of  the  ball.  Players  get  3 
outs  per  game  at  10c  play,  adjustable 
to  2 games  for  25c. 

The  Mini-Baseball  cabinet  is  hand- 
somely styled  in  Walnut  Formica.  The 
colorful  plexiglas  playfield  is  brightly 
lighted  and  the  over-glass  design 
creates  an  eye-catching  3-D  visual 
effect. 

The  small  size  of  Mini-Baseball — 
23"  wide,  30"  high  and  13"  deep 
makes  it  easy  for  one  man  to  handle 
and  install.  Servicing  is  claimed  to  be 
fast  and  easy,  thanks  to  standard 
electro-mechanical  components  and 
the  swing-away  front  opening  cabi- 


FROM  JAPAN  • • • Tp  JAPAN 


Formerly  Kay  A.  Chiba,  Yokohama 

Port  P.O.  Box  111  Yokohama,  Japan 

Cable  Address:  “KACTRAM”  Yokohama 


Exclu.  Representing: 

Mar-Matic’s  Group 

For  • Jenning’s  Slot 
Machines 

• Keeney’s  Uprights  I 

• Sea  Hunt, 

Bermuda  Hopper 

’ Poker  Coaster 


Japanese  made  amuse- 1 
ment  machines;  Sub-roc, 
Tank,  Kiddie  Rides, 
X-08,  S.  Road-7,  Golden 
Soccer,  Clay  Gun,  Scram- 
ble. 


Werts  Novelty  Co.,  Inc. 

For  Every  Kind  of 
Punchboard  and  Ticket 


Delta  Mfg.  Co.,  Inc. 

, For  Billiard  Coin  Operated 
Pool  Tables 


Used  Bingos,  Bikini, 
CanCan,  Lido,  Roller 
Derby,  Circus  Queen, 
Big  Wheel,  German  Wall 
Game,  Bally  and  Keeney 
Uprights,  Evans  Winter- 
book,  you  name  it  — 
L we  buy  it! 


CC  MINI-BASEBALL 


net.  The  unit  also  features  built-in 
lo_ck-on  wall  mount  studs  and  comes 
with  a mounting  bracket. 

The  matching  console  base  is  op- 
tional at  “moderate”  cost. 

According  to  Chuck  Arnold,  Chica- 
go Coin  sales  manager,  tests  have 
indicated  “excellent  reception  and 
earnings  potential  in  such  spots  as 
truck  stops,  taverns,  billiard  rooms, 
candy  stores,  variety  stores,  hot  dog 
stands  and  others,  including  standard 
locations,  where  space  is  a premium.” 
Price  of  the  game  is  said  to  be 
“really  in  the  ball  park”,  according  to 
Arnold. 


Margold  Lionized  at  New  England  Gala 


CANTON,  MASS.  — More  than  600 
of  New  England’s  operators,  their 
wives,  employees  and  other  friends 
of  Irwin  Margold  gathered  Monday 
(14)  at  the  Blue  Hills  Country  Club 
here  to  pay  tribute  to  the  retiring 
Trimount  general  manager.  The  day’s 
activities  which  ranged  from  golf  and 
other  sports  up  to  a gala  testimonial 
dinner  in  the  evening,  saw  a tremen- 


dous outpouring  of  affection  and 
friendship  for  Margold.  The  Trimount 
chief,  who  is  succeeded  as  general 
manager  by  firm  veteran  Marshall 
Caras,  is  now  a full  time  sales  and 
product  consultant  for  Rowe  Interna- 
tional. 

The  following  photos  illustrate  a 
portion  of  the  action  at  the  Irwin 
Margold  Day  testimonial  dinner. 


Trimount’s  general  manager  Mar- 
shall Caras  rings  the  dinner  bell  at 
the  conclusion  of  the  pinball  tourna- 
ment. C.  Bickford  won  first  prize  of 
$50  in  men’s  pin  tourney;  Mrs.  V. 
Granna  won  her  $50  for  copping  la- 
dies’ tourney. 


Irv  Margold  at  microphone  at  the 
head  table  receives  congratulations 
from  a Trimount  employee.  The  en- 
tire Trimount  family  of  sales,  serv- 
ice and  office  workers  were  in  the  as- 
semblage honoring  their  friend  Mr. 
Margold. 


Trimount  founding  father  Dave  Bond 
(next  to  the  lovely  lady  at  left)  re- 
ceives birthday  congratulations  from 
the  group.  Dave  will  be  75  next  month 
and  a surprise  birthday  cake  was 
popped  out  to  celebrate. 


ChiCoin’s  sales  director  Chuck  Ar- 
nold (standing)  tells  the  assemblage 
how  fondly  the  ChiCoin  people  think 
of  Margold.  Seated  (1  to  r)  are  Gott- 
lieb’s Cliff  Strain,  and  Rowe’s  Joe 
Barton  and  executive  vp  Slater. 


That’s  U.S.  Billiard’s  sales  manager 
Len  Schneller  with  his  charming 
Missus  Reba  . . . good  friends  to  the 
New  England  trade. 


Manager  of  Trimount-Bilotta’s  New- 
ark, N.Y.  branch  Jack  Shawcross 
with  his  lovely  wife  Betty.  Bob  Cat- 
lin  of  the  Albany  branch  was  also  in 
attendance. 


Irv’s  granddaughter  (right)  holds  up 
photo  of  him  taken  almost  thirty 
years  back  during  early  Trimount 
days. 


Joe  Fremont  of  Premont  Vending  ac- 
cepts prize  check  for  $750  from 
Marshall,  won  in  the  “Trimount  Lot- 
tery”. Jack  Keener  had  just  won  top 
prize  of  $1,000  in  silver  dollars. 


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ESP  Distrib  Reps  Learn  Dart  Mech 


HATBORO,  PA.  — Fred  Pliner,  na- 
tional sales  manager  for  Electronic 
Sensing  Pdts.  (ESP)  hosted  a two 
day  service  class  for  representatives 
of  his  U.S.  distributing  companies 
July  27-28,  which  delved  into  the 
technological  aspects  of  their  Electro- 


Dart  game-  Sessions  were  held  at  the 
Holiday  Inn  in  Philadelphia  and  was 
the  second  in  ESP’s  current  program 
of  service  seminars.  The  following 
photos,  snapped  during  the  technical 
discussions,  depict  some  of  the 
activity. 


(Left  to  right)  Jere  O’Neill,  ESP’s  chief  engineer;  Brian  Kim,  design  engineer 
— addressing  Jim  Stansfield,  Lou  Copeland  and  Trevor  Roberts  (the  latter  two 
from  Regent  Dist.  Co.). 


Seminar  students  above  (front  row,  left  to  right)  are:  Leo  Weisman  of  At- 
lantic New  York  Corp..  Antonio  Musolino  of  Atlantic,  Joe  Khoury  of  Dale 
Dist.  Co.,  Dave  Grout  of  Lieberman  Music  Co.  and  Don  Demars,  also  of  Lieber- 
man.  (Left  to  right,  back  row)  Cliff  Haynes  of  H.  A.  Franz  Co.,  Harry  Jones 
of  Franz  and  ESP’s  sales  manager  Fred  Pliner.  In  the  photo  at  right  (1  to  r) 
are  Jim  Martineau  of  Seevend  Dist.,  Gordon  Wall  of  Seevend  and  Casey 
Lowicki  of  Banner  Specialty  Co. 


Left  photo  (left  to  right)  Harry  Jones  of  H.  A.  Franz,  Charles  Lofton  of 
L&R  Dist.  Co.  and  Ken  Roberts  of  O’Connor  Dist.  Co.  (Left  to  right,  front 
row,  right  photo,  are)  Elwood  Martin  of  Advance  Dist.  Co.,  A1  Conte  of  Victor 
Conte  Co.,  Larry  Ertner  of  Conte,  Ed  Kucharski  of  Eastern  Music,  Lou 
Prechter  of  Operator  Sales  and  Larry  Mendler  of  South  Atlantic  Dist.  Co. 
(Back  row)  Leo  Weisman  and  Antonio  Musolino  of  Atlantic  New  York. 


HOUSTON 

HAPPENINGS 


Minor  renovation  of  H.  A.  Franz  & 
Co.  (Seeburg)  included  sound  proofing 
a general  purpose  front  office.  D.  W. 
Lester,  utility  office  clerk  for  the  firm, 
may  be  appreciated  that  as  bulk  of  his 
work  was  done  therein.  Incidentally, 
Lester  formerly  was  a music  operator 
of  note  with  headquarters  in  his  North 
Main  Record  Shop,  a major  retail  out- 
let in  Houston's  Old  North  Side 

Chic  little  Jo  Miller  is  the  new  recep- 
tionist-secretary at  Gulf  Coast  Distribut- 
ing Co.  (Wurlitzer) Old  Timer  Joe 

Baine,  owner  Baine  Amusement  Co., 
Beaumont,  Tex.,  in  City  on  routine 
shopping  tour.  Beaumont,  80  miles 
from  Houston,  is  an  industrial  and 
shipping  center  and  lately  has  fared 
better  business-wise  than  some  other 

Texas  cities  of  comparable  size 

Bob  McAfee,  well  known  locally  for 
several  years  as  a coin  machine  sales- 
man, was  last  reported  as  no  longer 

connected  with  coinmatic  industry 

Chick  little  Vinnie  Vowell,  secretary  for 
LE  Corporation  (Rock  Ola)  took  only 
half  her  annual  vacation  on  first  go 
around.  Maybe  saving  balance  for 

some  special  occasion  or  other 

Cooper  Music  Co.,  Inc.,  1918  Taft  St., 
owned  and  managed  by  J.  D.  Cooper 
was  established  early  in  1945.  The 
honest,  ethical  and  progressive  busi- 
ness methods  of  Cooper  during  27 
years  of  operation  is  a credit  to  the 
coin  machine  industry.  Due  to  pre- 
vailing general  adverse  business  con- 
ditions progress  probably  halted  tem- 
porarily. But  on  return  to  normal  J.  D. 
Cooper  likely  will  be  among  first  aboard 
bandwagon  of  progressive  operating. 

Billy  Rider,  owner  South  Coast  Music 
Co.  and  a pawn  shop,  both  under  same 
roof  at  2621  Milam  St.,  frankly  admit-' 
ted  that  h's  coin  machine  business  was 
mighty  slow  with  no  indications  of 
improvement  in  sight.  South  Coast 
Music  deals  almost  exclusively  in  re- 
pairs of  all  types  of  coin  operated  ma- 
chines. ....  Successful  operating  firm, 
Coast  Amusement  Co.  in  Freeport,  Tex. 
is  owned  and  managed  by  Guy  Barnett. 
Freeport  has  long  been  noted  as  a 
sports  fisherman’s  center.  Past  20 
years,  after  huge  Dow  Chemical  plant 
was  added  to  the  longer  established 
Freeport  Sulphur  plant,  the  town  has 

spread  its  wings  industrial-wise 

National  Politics  in  Texas  near  about 
the  simmering  point.  At  this  stage  of 
the  game  many  citizens  are  giving  both 
major  parties,  together  with  respective 
candidates,  what  Paddy  gave  the  drum 
and  threatening  to  go  fishing  on  Elec- 
tion Day.  They  probably  will  be  among 
first  in  line  at  polls  and  exercise  their 
rights  as  True  Americans  by  voting  as 
they  please.  The  slimy  arm  twisting, 
threatening  characters  are  also  in 
action.  They  likely  will  cause  numerous 
voters  to  behave  either  as  liars  or  boot 
kissers.. 


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CHICAGO  — David  C.  Rockola,  pres- 
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facturing Corp.  has  announced  the  ap- 
pointment of  Northwest  Sales  Com- 
pany of  Seattle,  Washington,  as  the 
distributor  for  Rock-Ola’s  line  of  hot 
and  cold  drink  venders  for  the  North- 
western States.  Ron  Pepple  is  the 
owner  and  president  of  this  old  estab- 
lished distributorship. 

Northwest  Sales  is  stocking  a full 
inventory  of  Rock-Ola  vending  equip- 
ment for  the  operators  in  the  territo- 
ry and  all  operators,  according  to 
Pepple,  are  cordially  invited  to  come 
into  their  showroom  for  a demonstra- 
tion of  this  equipment.  On  commen- 
ting on  his  company’s  appointment, 
Pepple  said,  “ ...  an  awful  lot  of 
operators  think  that  the  Rock-Ola  can 
cold  drink  vender  is  the  very  best  . . . 
and  that  pleases  us  because  we  think 
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Northwest  Sales’  territory  for  the 
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Columbia  Polls  for  Juke  Record  Buyers 


NEW  YORK  — MO  A recently  com- 
piled and  published  a list  of  325 
jukebox  record  buyers,  based  upon  a 
mailing  issued  to  its  approximately 
1,000  member  operating  companies. 


The  18  page  list,  which  lists  program- 
mers and  their  respective  operating 
companies  by  states,  has  already  been 
mailed  out  to  many  record  companies 
requesting  same. 


One  of  those  labels,  Columbia,  is 
doing  a bit  of  polling  itself  to  deter- 
mine who  are  the  programmers  at  the 
remainder  of  MOA’s  member  compan- 
ies which  did  not  reply  in  time  to  be 
listed  in  the  above  roster.  Ron 
Braswell,  Columbia’s  Jukebox  Prod- 
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mailing  last  week  to  those  others, 


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asking  that  they  fill  in  the  necessary 
personnel  names  and  return  to  him 
within  two  weeks.  If  a reply  is  not 
received  from  those  companies  by 
that  time,  Braswell  has  advised  that 
each  will  be  deleted  from  a new 
mailing  list  Columbia  is  preparing. 

(The  new  MOA  list  provides  the 
foundation  for  the  new  Columbia  list, 
which,  together  with  whatever  names 
Braswell  receives  from  his  own 
mailing,  will  be  used  for  all  future 
mailings  of  Columbia  sample  singles 
to  the  trade.) 

“It  is  our  intent  to  mail  future  re- 
leases with  jukebox  potential  directly 
to  the  record  buyer  at  each  operating 
company,”  Braswell  stated.  “We  ap- 
preciate the  jukebox  trade’s  interest 
in  Columbia  Records  and  we  look  for- 
ward to  better  serving  that  trade  thru 
our  new  mailing  list.” 

Betson  Secures 
NJ  Tavern  OK 
for  ‘Sea  Hunt’ 

TRENTON,  N.J.  — The  Alcoholic 
Beverage  Commission  of  New  Jersey 
has  officially  approved  operation  of 
Allied  Leisure  Industries’  ‘Sea  Hunt’ 
flipper  game  in  tavern  locations.  Bert 
Betti,  president  of  Betson  Enterprises 
(Allied  distributor  in  Northern  Jer- 
sey) expressed  his  tremendous  satis- 
faction at  the  decision,  saying:  “now 
our  tavern  patrons  can  look  forward 
to  exercising  their  skills  on  this  new 
flipper,  which  is  excitingly  different 
from  any  of  the  games  currently 
bearing  the  A.B.C.  stamp  of  approval. 

“The  operators  in  the  State  now 
have  a totally  different  concept  in 
games  of  skill  available  to  them, 
which  will  materially  improve  collec- 
tions for  themselves  and  their  tavern 
accounts.” 

The  ‘Sea  Hunt’  is  the  first  release  in 
Allied’s  “shaker  ball”  concept,  and 
Betti  said  it  can  be  realistically  as- 
sumed that  all  subsequent  releases  of 
this  type  will  be  approved,  thereby 
providing  operators  and  tavern  cus- 
tomers a continuity  of  this  exciting 
type  of  game. 

Betti  also  said  his  firm  is  looking 
forward  with  anticipation  to  a “new 
era  in  tavern  approved  games.”  Dur- 
ing the  past  year,  Betson  also  re- 
ceived approval  for  Chicago  Coin’s 
‘Hi  Score’  pool  game  which,  Betti  de- 
clared, “has  been  a tremendous  suc- 
cess for  most  operators.” 


Cash  Box 

1972 

MOA  EXPO 

SPECIAL 

ISSUE 

Sept.  16th 

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it's 

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Convention 
Journal 
for  the 

ENTIRE 

INDUSTRY 

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EASTERN  FLASHES 

UJA  NEWS — Congratulations  to  old  friend  Max  Weiss  on  his  selection  as  our 
UJA  Man  of  the  Year.  Max  accepted  the  high  honor  at  a coin  division  committee 
meeting  last  Wed.  nite  at  UJA  headquarters.  Max,  who  sold  out  his  music  and 
vending  routes  five  months  ago,  remains  one  of  the  local  trade’s  leaders.  His  pres- 
tige, and  his  devotion  to  UJA  these  many,  many  years,  makes  him  the  ideal 
choice.  We  know  it’ll  be  a great  campaign  this  year  with  Max  at  the  helm,  espe- 
cially since  he’s  a figure  with  both  music  and  with  cigarette  operators.  Earlier  in 
the  year,  Seeburg  chief  Lou  Nicastro  had  accepted  the  committee’s  invitation  to 
be  guest  of  honor,  but  since  that  time,  numerous  corporate  meetings  about  the 
country  forced  Lou  to  bow  out.  However,  Lou  says  he’ll  be  devoting  as  much 
of  his  time  as  possible  to  insure  a great  campaign  drive  this  year.  Chairman  Har- 
old Kaufman  set  next  meeting  for  Sept.  7th  at  the  NYU  Club.  Those  at  last 
Wednesday's  meeting  were:  Max,  Harold,  Al  Denver,  Meyer  Parkoff,  Herb  Stern- 
berg, Carl  Pavesi  (just  returned  from  four  week  vacation  in  Germany),  Seymour 
Poliak,  Ralph  Hotkins,  Gil  Sonin,  Ben  Chicofsky  and  Bob  Rosen. 

HOPPIN’  AT  BOSTON — Quite  an  event  took  place  at  the  Blue  Hills  Country 
Club  near  Boston  last  Monday  as  almost  630  operators,  wives  and  guests  turned 
out  to  pay  honor  to  Irv  Margold,  retiring  general  manager  of  Trimount.  Numerous 
accolades  and  gifts  were  heaped  upon  Irv  from  factory  reps  and  local  tradesters. 
Maine’s  Joe  Ferris  got  a bunch  of  the  lads  together  several  weeks  beforehand  to 
create  a special  fund  to  insure  at  least  three  fishing  trips  per  year  for  Margold 
(Joe  also  won  a prize  for  donating  the  most  interesting  gift — Irv’s  old  fishing  togs 
which  he  forgot  on  their  last  trip  together).  Mobs  of  prizes  were  also  given  out  to 
operators  who  had  participated  in  Trimount’s  summer  machine  promotion — 
everything  from  $1,000  in  silver  dollars  to  TV’s  to  golf  tote  bags.  Prizes  for  win- 
ners in  their  pinball  contest  and  golf  match  were  also  awarded.  So  much  good 
cheer  abounded  throughout  the  day  that  one  knew  how  genuinely  fond  the  New 
England  trade  is  of  Irv  Margold,  and,  of  course,  of  Trimount,  the  distribution  com- 
pany he  led  these  many  years.  See  story  elsewhere  this  issue. 

UPPER  MID-WEST 

Glen  Fritsch,  Glendive,  passing  through  Minneapolis  on  his  way  to  visit  friends 
in  southern  Minnesota  . . . Johnny  Cooper,  L.  & I.  Co.  Duluth,  on  vacation  this 
past  week  on  his  new  house  boat.  Understand  it  is  a beauty  . . . Melvin  Kalb, 
Nutting  Associates  Inc.  in  Minneapolis  visiting  Lieberman  Music  Co.  their  distrib- 
utor . . . Mr.  & Mrs.  Gene  Hoerth,  Aberdeen,  in  the  cities  for  a few  days  buying 
equipment,  records,  and  parts  . . . Mr.  & Mrs.  Duane  Reiners  and  their  children 
in  Minneapolis  for  a few  days  visiting  Duane's  brother  and  family.  Also  taking  in  a 
couple  of  ball  games  . . . Gabby  Cluseau  in  the  cities  making  the  rounds  as  was 
Morris  Anseau,  Gary,  S.  D.  . . . Ronnie  Manolis  is  at  home  resting  after  a 
hemorrhoid  operation  10  days  ago.  Be  a little  while  before  Ronnie  gets  back  to 
his  desk  . . . Len  Worsech  in  the  cities  last  week  to  take  in  the  Twin-Texas  ball 
game  . . . Nik  Bergquist  and  sons  Nicky  Jr.  and  Roary  were  in  town  for  the  day 
on  a hurry  up  trip.  Nik  looking  for  parts  needed  to  repair  his  airplane.  Don’t  know 
if  he  got  his  parts  but  he  did  take  back  some  Kosher  corn  beef  and  some  pump- 
ernickle  bread  . . . Lyle  Kesting  in  the  cities  for  the  daylooking  . . . Stan  Baeder 
in  the  cities  for  a few  days  making  the  rounds  . . . Ritchie  Hawkins  in  town  to 
get  his  new  Shrine  uniform.  Ritche  is  in  the  Rochester  motorcycle  corps  which 
will  appear  at  the  Midwest  Shrine  Meeting  at  Fargo  this  weekend  ...  At  Lieber- 
man Music  Co.  we  have  been  told  that  the  new  Gottlieb  Grand  Slam  is  a winner. 
The  first  50  games  that  came  in  were  shipped  the  same  day  and  that  they  are  ex- 
pecting another  50  this  week  . . . Rudy  Grahek  and  his  son  in  the  cities  taking  in 
the  ball  game  that  evening. 

CALIFORNIA  CLIPPINGS 

NEWIE  AT  STRUVE — The  Struve  lads  proudly  unveiled  Seeburg's  brand  new 
phonograph  at  their  showrooms  Friday  before  last.  It’s  dubbed  the  Olympian  160 
and  according  to  reports,  it’s  another  Seeburg  sensation.  Haven't  seen  it  but 
reports  from  other  preview  showings  back  east  concur  that  the  Seeburg  de- 
signers have  come  up  with  another  innovative  winner  . . . Circle  International  is 
offering  a new  remote  control  golf  game  to  its  customers,  which  we  hear  is  sell- 
ing very,  very  well  Didn’t  get  the  name  on  the  item  but  expect  to  discuss  same 
next  issue.  . . . Bob  Portale  and  the  staff  at  his  place  report  brisk  business  indeed. 
Many  out-of-towners  visiting  Bob  and  the  boys  over  past  couple  weeks,  including 
Mel  Kalb,  Nutting  Associates’  new  marketing  directory;  Bob  Braun,  the  president 
of  Allied  Leisure  Ind.;  Al  Ray  from  Gottlieb:  Len  Schneller  from  U S.  Billiards; 
Lou  Boasberg  from  New  Orleans  Novelty;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shorty  Culp  from  Okla- 
homa City  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Skor  from  World  Wide  in  Chicago. 

Hank  Tronic  favored  us  with  quite  a few  words  of  wisdom  on  the  many  and 
varied  activities  at  C.  A.  Robinson  these  days,  and  we  quote:  "How  do  you 
squeeze  a month’s  business  into  one  week?  This  seems  to  be  the  problem  con- 
fronting us  at  C.  A.  Robinson  & Co.  The  feverish  pitch  at  which  we’re  going  right 
now  is  keeping  the  entire  organizaton  under  pressures  never  before  encountered. 
Additional  help  notwithstanding,  there  hardly  seems  enough  hours  in  the  week 
to  take  care  of  all  the  activity.  All  departments  are  bursting  at  their  seams- — 
sales,  service,  administration.  But  you  know  something — it’s  fun!  Mike  Hall,  parts 
& service  Manager,  who  has  to  be  the  most  popular  coin  machine  man  in  South- 
ern California — every  operator  in  a jam  always  calls  Mike — returned  from  a 
weeks  camping  trip  at  Big  Sur  with  his  family.  We  are  encountering  some  dis- 
appointment because  of  the  delay  in  delivering  LITTLE  JOE,  Bally’s  new  4 player 
flipper  game.  Paul  Calamari,  affable  sales  manager  of  Bally,  advises  that  it  will  be 
“go  West  LITTLE  JOE,  go  West!’’  as  soon  as  they  come  off  the  assembly  line. 
Midway’s  BULLS  EYE  Dart  game,  particularly  the  remote  control  unit  is  finding 
more  and  more  favor  with  operators — only  because  they  are  doing  so  well  on 
location.  "Hank’’  and  “Iggy”  (the  Dart  throwers  representing  Hank  Ross  and 
Iggy  Wolverton  of  Midway)  are  names  that  are  becoming  very  popular  in  South- 
ern California.  Maybe  they  should  run  for  Vice  President!  And  guess  what.  Another 
urgent  cal!  has  just  gone  through  to  Emil  Marcet,  of  Valley  Mfg.  Co.  to  please 
get  another  load  of  those  new  beautiful  white  and  walnut  Valley  pool  tables 
rolling!  Great  visit  was  enjoyed  with  Joe  Campton,  managing  director  of  Cathay- 
Western  Ltd.  in  Hong  Kong.  And  talking  about  visitors,  it  was  most  pleasurable  to 
have  Louis  Boasberg  of  New  Orleans  Novelty  Co.  drop  in  and  say  hello  to  us. 
Looking  forward  to  receiving  Irving  Kaye’s  new  Soccer  games  which  from  advance 
tests  will  surpass  the  imports  which  have  been  monopolizing  the  market. 


CHICAGO  CHATTER 

The  gala  Grand  Opening  and  Fall  Showing  which  Modern  Vending  Co.  (Indiana- 
polis, Ind.)  is  hosting  in  its  new  building  will  be  held  on  Saturday,  August  26 
from  2:00-9:00  P.M.  We  erroneously  listed  the  date  as  August  12  in  last  week’s 
column.  A thousand  apologies. 

AMERICAN  SHUFFLEBOARD’S  SOL  LIPKIN  called  the  CB  office  while  he  was 
in  Chicago  for  the  recent  American  Hospital  Conference  in  McCormick  Place. 
His  firm  exhibited  games  which  can  be  used  for  occupational  therapeutic  pro- 
grams. Sol  will  be  back  this  way  in  a few  weeks,  of  course,  for  MOA! 

"BULL’S  EYE’’  IS  STILL  SELLING  UP  A STORM  at  Midway  Mfg.  Co.!  "We  had 
an  unexpectedly  big  July,"  said  Larry  Berke,  "and  current  sales  figures  indicate 
August  will  be  even  bigger!”  Great!  . . . When  people  take  the  time  to  write  a 
letter  or  make  a phone  call  in  praise  of  someone,  it’s  definitely  worthy  of  men- 
tion. Such  is  the  case  with  Midway’s  field  service  manager  Andy  Ducay,  who  has 
really  developed  an  enviable  reputation  for  himself  in  the  trade.  He  is  well  liked 
as  a person  and  highly  respected  for  his  knowledge  and  know-how.  Larry  Berke 
has  received  countless  letters  about  him!  Quite  a guy! 

ROCK-OLA  MFG.  CORP.’S  newly  introduced  Tri-Vue  Wallbox  model  506  is 
indeed  the  center  of  attraction  at  the  factory!  The  unit  has  created  a great  deal 
of  excitement  in  the  few  short  weeks  since  its  official  release! 

HEARD  FROM  EMPIRE  DIST.’S  Jack  Burns  that  a weekend  meeting  of  former 
Roller  Derby  skaters  was  scheduled  for  the  Lincolnwood  Hyatt  House  here — 
and  that  Jack  Geffinger  and  his  wife,  Betty,  are  helping  to  make  all  the  arrange- 
ments ...  A shipment  of  Gottlieb’s  new  "Grand  Slam”  was  due  at  Empire 
momentarily!  Game’s  on  display  in  the  showroom. 

WILLIAMS  ELECTRONICS  INC.  is  doing  big  business  with  its  new  “Stockade” 
rifle,  which  went  into  production  two  weeks  ago  . . . The  new  United  single  player 
"Super  Star”  is  being  sample  shipped  this  week — so,  watch  for  it! 

TALKED  TO  MORT  LEVINSON  OF  National  Coin  Machine  Exchange — mostly 
about  the  Wurlitzer  "Cabaret”  model  phonograph  which  has  been  an  exceptional 
seller  for  him  these  past  weeks! 


MILWAUKEE  MENTIONS 


Empire  Dist. — Green  Bay  just  wrapped  up  a couple  of  very  successful — and 
well  attended — Rock-Ola  service  schools  conducted  by  factory  engineer  Bill 
Findlay,  assisted  by  Empire’s  Joe  Eggner.  First  session  was  held  in  the  distrib’s 
showroom  and  the  second,  geared  to  ops  from  the  northern  part  of  Wisconsin 
and  the  upper  penninsula,  was  held  at  Mather  Inn,  Ishpeming,  Michigan  . . . Bob 
Rondeau  tells  us  Empire’s  vending  salesman  Pat  Netterville  will  host  two  Auto- 
matic Products  schools,  August  28-29,  at  the  Green  Bay  Premises.  Factory’s 
Bill  Herbord  (or  Bill  Truman)  will  come  in  from  St.  Paul  to  conduct.  Invitations 
will  be  in  the  mail  shortly. 

GOOD  VIBRATIONS  IN  ALL  DEPARTMENTS  at  Pioneer  Sales  and  Services! 
Summer  business  has  been  very  good,  according  to  Joel  Kleiman  and  Sam 
Cooper.  Such  products  as  the  Rowe  MM6  phonograph,  the  Arizona  Automation 
German-made  soccer,  ChiCoin’s  “Twin  Rifle”  and  dart  games  have  been  doing 
extremely  well  these  past  weeks.  Great! 

TV’S  ROWAN  AND  MARTIN  of  “Laugh  In”  were  among  the  headliners  at  the 
Milwaukee  State  Fair  last  weekend. 

ON  THE  SINGLES  SCENE:  Gordon  Pelzek  of  Record  City  includes  the  following 
in  his  list  of  hot  operator  singles:  "Garden  Party”  by  Rick  Nelson  (Decca),  “Burn- 
ing Love”  by  Elvis  Presley  (RCA),  “I  Believe  In  Music”  by  The  Gallery  (Sussex), 
“This  Little  Girl  Of  Mine”  by  Faron  Young  (Mercury)  and  “When  The  Snow  Is  On 
The  Roses”  by  Sonny  James  (Columbia). 


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ACTIVE  Amusement  Machines  Co. 

666  No.  Broad  Street,  Phlla.  30,  Pa.  684-1600 
1101  Plttiton  Aw.,  Scranton  5,  Penna. 


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SALES  MANAGER 

(Location — Sydney,  Australia) 

A rapidly  expanding  Australian  national  Company  distributing  the  world’s  leading 

brands  of  amusement  machines  and  phonograph,  require  a dynamic  young  man 

to  fill  this  demanding  position. 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

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LEISURE  AND  ALLIED  INDUSTRIES  PTY.  LTD, 

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COIN  MACHINES 
WANTED 


WANTED:  ALL  TYPES  OF  OLD  BINGOS  AND  SLOT 
MACHINES  FOR  EXPORTING  TO  JAPAN.  JATRE 
INC  16-4-1  chome  NISHIAZABU  MINATO-KU, 
TOKYO.  CABLE:  AMUSEJAPO  TOKYO.  SAN  FRAN- 
CISCO OFFICE,  2311  CABRILLO  ST.,  SUITE  #2, 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF.  94121.  Tel.  (415)  387- 
6227. 


WANTED— BUYING  ALL  1950’s  and  EARLIER  TABLE 
/MODEL  SKILL  And  Gambling  Machines;  Bubble- 
gum, Peanut,  Slot  Machines,  Mutoscope  Viewers 
and  Cranes.  (No  Crating)  We  pickup  anywhere. 
SACKIN,  318  East  70th  St.,  NYC,  NY.  10021 
Phone  (212)  628-0413. 


WANTED  TO  BUY  OUT  SELLING  STOCKS  ONE  OR 
two  years  old  Jennings  slot  machines.  Wurlitzer 
juke  boxes  and  Pinball  games  two  or  four  play- 
ers, make  an  offer  to  AUTOMATTJANST  N STOR- 
GATAN  19  BJUV,  SWEDEN. 


WE  ARE  ALWAYS  INTERESTED  IN  USED  AND  BRAND 
new  phonographs,  pinballs,  bingos,  guns,  arcade, 
kiddle  rides,  slot  machines,  etc.,  all  makes  all 
models.  QUOTE  FOB  SEA  VESSEL  TO  HOLLAND 
BELGIE  EUROPE,  SPRL,  276  AVENUE,  LOUIS, 
BRUSSELS. 


WANTED — Seeburg  Consolettes,  Phonographs,  new 
and  used,  Phono  Vue  attachments  and  film,  Sco- 
pltone  film,  Late  Model  Drive  Machines  and 
Guns,  Harvard  Metal  Typers.  Also  interested  In 
distribution  of  allied  equipment.  ST.  THOMAS 
COIN  SALES,  669  TALBOT  ST.,  ST.  THOMAS, 
ONTARIO,  CANADA.  (519)  631-9550. 


“WANT”— ALL  WURLITZER  AND  ROCK-OLA  PHONOS 
1965  and  newer.  All  arcade  equipment.  Flippers 
to  three  years  old.  Uprights.  We  are  interested 
in  distribution  of  allied  equipment.  BERT 
AMUSEMENTS  LTD.,  3728  East  Hastings  Street, 
North  Burnaby,  B.C.  Canada  Phone  298-5578. 


WANTED:  Genco  2 player  basketball.  Give  price 
and  condition  first  letter,  also  any  other  ma- 
chines you  are  not  using  MIKE  MUNVES  CORP., 
577  10th  Avenue,  NY.,  NY  10036  (212)  279-6677. 


COIN  MACHINES 
FOR  SALE 


FOR  SALE — RECONDITION  ED-LIKE  NEW:  Hollywood 
Driving  Range,  $295,  FOB  Cleveland  (15  Ball  golf 
game);  SEGA  Jet  Rocket,  $795,  FOB  Cleveland; 
Williams  Flotilla,  $795,  FOB  Cleveland;  SEGA 
Missile,  $425,  FOB  Cleveland;  Allied  Wild  Cycle, 
$445,  FOB  Cleveland.  CLEVELAND  COIN  INTER- 
NATIONAL, 2025  Prospect  Ave.,  Cleveland,  Ohio 
44115.  Phone  (216)  861-6715. 


STEREO  PICK-UPS:  “SMC”  FOR  SEEBURGS  "B” 
through  ”201”.  $20;  “WMC”  for  Wurlitzer 

Cobra.  $10.  SOUND  & SIGNAL  SERVICE.  Box 
10052,  Albuquerque.  N.  Mex.  87114. 


For  Export— EVANS  WINTERBOOKS,  BUCKLEY  ODDS, 
BINGOS,  FLIPPERS,  Cosmos,  $275;  Jolly  Roger, 
$225;  Hl-Score,  $185;  Safari,  $225;  Shangri  La, 
$195;  Dogies,  $225;  Big  Chief,  $135;  Derby  Day, 
$200;  Bank  A Ball,  $110;  AMI  1-120,  $85; 
J-120,  $95;  Cont.  II,  200,  $175;  JEL,  $160; 
Diplomat,  $345;  Bandstand,  $395;  Rock-Ola 
Rhapsody,  $175;  Seeburg  Consolettes,  $85. 
CROSSE-DUNHAM  & CO.,  225  Wright  Ave.,  “F”, 
Gretna,  Louisiana  70053.  Tel  (504)  367-4365. 
Cable  CROSSEDUNHAM  Gretna,  La. 


FOR  SALE:  3 SPEED  QUEEN  B BALLY— BOATS. 
$275  each.  3 Elephants  by  Tusko — $275  each. 
CENTRAL  MUSIC  CO.,  P.O.  Box  284,  407  E Ave 
D.  Killeen.  Texas  76541. 


For  Sale— Export  Market  Only:  Silver  Sails,  Can- 
Cans,  Roller  Derbys,  County  Fairs,  Sea  Islands, 
Carnival  Queens,  Miss  Americas,  Cypress  Gardens, 
Touchdowns,  Show  Times,  Key  Wests,  Big  Shows, 
Miami  Beaches,  Night  Clubs,  Broadways,  Big 
Times,  others.  Lexingtons,  Turf  Kings  with  auto- 
matic pay-out  drawers.  MUSIC-VEND  DISTRIBUT- 
ING CO„  100  Elliott  Ave.  W„  Seattle,  WA  98119 
Cable  MUSIVEND. 


FUR  SALE:  Seeburg,  Wurlitzer,  Rockola,  AMI 

Phonographs.  Williams,  Gottlieb,  Bally,  Chicago 
Coin,  flippers,  guns,  baseballs,  United,  Chicago 
Coin,  Midway  shuffles.  Valley,  Fischer,  United, 
American,  used  pool  tables.  As  is  or  shopped 
Domestic  or  export  shipments.  Call  or  write 
Operators  Sales,  Inc.,  4122  Washington  Ave., 
New  Orleans,  Louisiana.  70125  (504)  822-2370 


FOR  SALE— Off  Location,  As  Is  Condition— Com- 
plete—No  Breakins:  50  Rcwe  20/700  $40  The 
^iK|  C?MPANY  0F  CENTRAL  PENNSYLVANIA, 
St“  Harrisburg,  Pa.  17104.  (717; 
238-1768.  Manme  Silvia. 


FOR  SALE:  PANORAMS— NEW— WITH  OR  WITHOU1 
Sound  WrL,e  or  cal1  URBAN  INDUSTRIES  INC. 
969  3227  Lou,*vl,le.  Kentucky  40201.  (502; 


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MARMATIC",  Exclusive  World-Wide  Reps,  for 
the  Newest  JENNING'S  Electronic  Slots,  KEE- 
NEY’S MOUNTAIN  CLIMBER  & 7 coin  multiple 
FLAMING  ARROW  UPRIGHTS.  Available  in  Free 
Play  or  Cash  Payout.  We  Also  carry  a com- 
plete line  of  A-l  USED— JENNINGS,  KEENEY 
MILLS  Slots,  BALLY  Slots  & Bingos,  MARMATIC 
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FOR  SALE:  COMPUTERIZED  DART  GAMES.  THIS 

GAME  IS  THE  FINEST  IN  THE  FIELD.  EXTREMELY 
DEPENDABLE  . . . Completely  remote  Controlled 
. . . Fully  Guaranteed.  Can  Be  Installed  By  One 
Man  In  Minutes.  Game  Has  Built-In  Play  Stimu- 
lator That  Works!  ”10  to  12  week  return,”  $595; 
Prepaid  or  COD  only,  COMPUTERIZED  GAMES 
CORP.,  7648  Harbour  Blvd.,  Miramar  Park,  Florida 
33023,  (305)  987-2204. 


ALL  TYPES  OF  COIN  OPERATED  ARCADE  EQUIPMENT 
for  sale — guns,  Helicopters,  pinballs,  etc.  Auto 
Photo  machines.  Write  for  equipment  list  and 
prices.  ROCK  CITY  DISTRIBUTING  CO.,  INC.,  615 
Murfreesboro  Road,  Nashville,  Tenn.  37210. 


ALL  TYPES  OF  COIN-OPERATED  EQUIPMENT:  ADD-A- 
Balls,  shuffles,  guns,  computers,  etc.  All  types 
of  phonographs,  large  selection  on  hand.  Vending 
machines,  from  cigarette  to  candy  to  can  drink, 
etc.  ...  all  kinds,  shopped  to  perfection.  Also 
Cineboxes  loaded  with  film  (sizable  quantity 
available) — make  offer.  Notice  to  distributors: 
If  you’re  overstocked  with  equipment  in  original 
crates  or  have  good  used  equipment,  call  us 
or  send  your  list.  Write  or  call  FLOWER  CITY 
DIST.  CO.,  389  Webster  Ave.,  Rochester,  N.Y. 
14609,  Tel.  (716)  654-8020  and  ask  for  JOE 
GRILLO. 


FOR  SALE/ EXPORT  8 Scopitones  with  film,  $5600. 
the  lot.  350  front-opening  Mills  Slots,  $225 
each.  BALLY,  MILLS,  PACE  and  JENNINGS  slots 
and  parts.  BINGOS;  RAVEN  slots,  $500.  each; 
and  KENOS.  NEVADA  FRUIT  SLOT  MACHINE  CO., 
P.O.  BOX  5734,  RENO,  NEVADA  89503.  (702) 
825-3233. 


FOR  SALE:  Workhorses,  Video  Viewers,  25F  play, 
Sound  $795;  Silent,  $695;  Two  minute  timer, 
Coin  Counter,  Slug  Proof.  Color  Film  Cartridges 
Rewind  automatically.  Bulbs  last  1000  hours. 
TIMES  SQUARE  VENDING  CORP.,  432  W.  42nd 
St.,  New  York  City,  N.Y.  10036,  (212)  279-1095. 


FOR  SALE— EXPORT  ONLY— Bally,  Bingos,  slots,  up- 
rights Games,  Inc.,  Big  Ben,  etc.,  Keeney  Mt. 
Climber,  etc.,  Evans  Winterbrook.  All  models 
rotamint  & rotamat.  Write  for  complete  list 
phonos,  phono-vues,  pin  balls,  arcade,  etc. 
ROBERT  JONES  INTERNATIONAL,  880  Providence 
Highway,  Dedham,  Mass.  02026  (617)  329-4880. 


FOR  SALE— Stock  of  SPACE  LASER  and  CHICK  'N 
PLUCK  'R  parts  available.  LASER  Access  Doors 
(normally  $18.00  each)  while  they  last  special — • 
four  for  $20.00.  inquire  for  special  bargain 
prices  on  New  SPACE  LASER  or  CHICK  ’N 
PLUCK  'R  Machines  for  sale  or  lease.  All  orders 
C.O.D.  only.  Write  or  call  TARGET  INTERNA- 
TIONAL COIN,  15219  Michigan  Ave.,  Dearborn, 
Michigan  48126.  (313)  846-0160. 


ATTENTION:  WHOLESALERS,  EXPORTERS  AND  IM- 
PORTERS: Have  Wurlitzer  Statesman  Model  3400 
and  Zodiac  Model  3500,  200  selection  phono- 
graphs. Write  for  prices.  UNITED  DISTRIBUTORS, 
INC.,  902  W.  Second,  Wichita,  Kansas.  Phone 
(316)  264-6111, 


FOR  SALE— Minicycle  $410.00;  Four  Square  $445  00; 
Roller  Coaster  $525.00;  Winner  $625.00;  Times 
Square  $765.00;  Liberty  Bell  $825.00;  Olumpic 
Hockey  $550.00;  Line  Drive  Baseball  $635.00; 
Flotilla  $575.00;  Sniper  Gun  $565.00;  Jungle 
Drum  $640.00;  C.  C.  Motorcycle  $395.00;  What 
Zit  $350.00.  Also  Large  Stock  of  Bingos.  New 
Orleans  Novelty  Company,  1055  Dryades  Street, 
New  Orleans,  Louisiana  70113.  Tel  (504)  529- 
7321.  CABLE:  NONOVCO. 


FOR  SALE— United  Shuffle  Alleys:  BETA,  $525 
LAGUNA,  $595,  PALOS  VERDE,  $650.  Mohawl 
Skill  Games  Co.,  67  Swaggertown  Road,  Scotia 
NY  12302.  Call— Ogden  Whitbeck  (518)  377-2162. 


POOL  TABLES — Large  selection  of  all  makes  an 
models  available.  Completely  reconditioned  or  i 
“as  is”  condition  for  immediate  shipment  at  ver 
attractive  prices.  Also  large  selections  of  pi 
games,  shuffles,  guns  and  music — Phone  or  writ 
EASTERN  NOVELTY  DISTRIBUTORS,  INC  372/ 
Tonnele  Avenue,  North  Bergen,  New  Jersey  0704 
— (201)  864-2424. 


CONVERSION  CARTRIDGES-PLAY  STEREO  RECORDS 
ON  Seeburg  Monaural  Phonos  B thru  201' — NO 
ADJUSTMENTS  REQUIRED— JUST  PLUG-IN— elimi- 
nate sound  distortion,  needle  skipping,  excessive 
record  wear.  $24.95  postpaid.  Satisfaction  guar- 
anteed. Quantity  discounts.  C.  A.  THORP  SERVICE, 
1520  Missouri,  Oceanside,  Ca.  92054. 


SUBJECT  TO  PRIOR  SALE:  Bahama  Beaches,  Beauty 
Beaches,  Big  Wheels,  Border  Beauty’s,  Follies 
Bergere,  Londons,  Magic  Rings,  Orients,  Safari’s, 
Super  7.  Venice — Some  OK  games.  LOWELL  AS- 
SOCIATES, PO  Box  386,  Glen  Burnie,  Md.  21061. 
(301)  768-3400 


CHAIN  STORE  LOCATIONS  for  Amusement  Games, 
Kiddie  Rides  & Bulk  Vending  available  through- 
out the  U.  S.  Use  your  equipment  or  ours. 
Write  to  CENTRAL  DISTRIBUTORS,  INC.  (Chain 
Store  Operations)  2315  Olive  St.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
63103. 


FOR  SALE:  WURLITZER  3200,  very  clean.  ARCADE 
SPECIALS:  MIDWAY  Sea  Raiders,  Invaders,  White 
Lightning,  Wirly  Bird.  Late  Gottlieb  & Wms  Pins. 
DERBY  DAY.  D & L DISTR.  CO.,  INC.,  5550  Derry 
Street,  Harrisburg,  Pa.  17111  (717)  564-8250. 


BINGOS  AND  SIX-CARD  GAMES  AVAILABLE.  ALSO 
Keeney  Red  Arrows  and  Sweet  Shawnees.  These 
games  are  completely  shopped.  Call  WASSICK 
NOVELTY,  (304)  292-3791.  Morgantown,  W.  Va. 


FOR  SALE:  “CLOSEOUTS,”  RECONDITIONED:  Midway 
Haunted  House  (floor  sample-new)  $645.00:  Stunt 
Pilot  $445.00;  Jet  Rider  (like  new)  $395.00; 
Allied  Leisure  Wild  Cycle  $395.00;  Bally  Space 
Flight  (late  model)  $195.00;  King  Tut  (1  pi) 
$295.00;  Cosmos  (4  pi)  $345.00.  Mickey  Anderson 
Amusement  Co.,  314  E.  11th  St.,  Erie,  Pa.  Phone 
(814)  452-3207. 


FOR  SALE:  Uprights  KEENEY — Mountain  Climber, 
Super  Blue  Spot,  Twin  Dragon,  Space  Flight, 
Hold  & Draw,  KEENEY  (2-10) — Super  Jack  Pot, 
Red  Arrow,  Gold  Rush,  Juggler,  BALLY — Super 
Treble  Chance,  Cute  Caddie,  Mazooma  Bell,  Gold 
Cup  de  Luxe,  Gold  Cup,  Extra  Stout,  GAMES — 
Nineteenth  Hole,  Club  Nite,  True  Blue,  Happy 
Legionaire,  Big  Ben. — About  200  ready  for  im- 
mediate shipment.  Write  for  Prices:  BONANZA 
ENTERPRISES,  PORT  P.O.  BOX  111,  Yokohama, 
Japan. 


SLOT  MACHINES  FOR  EXPORT/ SALE— Bally,  Mills, 
Pace,  Jennings,  Uprights,  Consoles,  Bally  Bingo 
Pinballs,  Automatic  Horse  Race,  Automatic  Poker, 
Ke.no,  Bingos,  SI  REDD’S  BALLY  DISTRIBUTING 
CO.,  390  E.  6th  St.,  P.O.  Box  7457,  Reno  Nevada 
89502  (702  232-6157).  (Las  Vegas  Office)  2611 
S.  Highland  Ave.,  Las  Vegas,  Nev.  (702  735-3767). 


FOR  EXPORT  ONLY— BINGOS:  Big  Wheels,  Orients, 
Zodiacs,  Beach  Times,  Sea  Islands,  Carnivals, 
Touchdowns,  Acepulcos.  FLIPPER  GAMES,  Cres- 
cendos, $395;  Spin  A Card,  $250;  Suspense, 
$295;  Rocket  III,  $150;  Strike  Zone,  $395;  AMI 
MUSIC,  Model  MM-3  with  Phono-vue,  bar  box, 
and  30  assorted  films,  $1,000.  D.  & P MUSIC 
CO.,  133  N.  George  St.,  York,  Pa  17401  (717) 
848-1846. 


American  Soccer  Incorporated  has  new  table  soccer 
games  for  the  low,  low  price  of  only,  $300. 
Quantity  discounts  available.  ASI,  5 East  21st 
Street,  Chester,  Pa.  19013.  Phone  (215)  874- 
1555. 

FOR  SALE:  LIKE  NEW  ROCK-OLA  WALLBOXES  with 
Speakers,  100  selection,  $165  each,  all  three, 
$475.  BUDGE  WRIGHT'S  WESTERN  DISTRIBUTORS, 
1226  SW  16th  Ave.,  Portland,  Oregon  97205. 
(503)  228-7565. 


HUMOR 


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WANTED  TWO  (2)  MEN:  Experienced  Juke  Box  and 
Game  mechanic.  Good  territory  and  pleasant 
working  conditions.  Good  fringe  benefits.  Ex- 
perienced vending  mechanic.  Must  be  familiar 
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ditions and  territory.  Modern  Cigarette  Service, 
229  Grand  Ave.,  New  Haven,  Conn.  06513. 


BINGO  MECHANICS  WANTED:  Legal  territory  ot 
Nevada.  5 day,  40  hour  work  week.  MUST  have 
past  Bingo  experience.  State  age,  references, 
past  experience.  Send  photo  if  possible.  Write 
or  phone.  UNITED  COIN  MACHINE  CO.,  2621 
South  Highland,  Las  Vegas,  Nevada.  Phone  (702) 
735-5000. 


WANTED:  EXPERIENCED  JUKEBOX  & GAME  ME- 
CHANIC. Nice  territory,  good  working  conditions. 
No  Drinking.  RANEY  MUSIC  C0„  528  N.  Carver, 
Greensburg,  Ind,  47240. 


SHOP  AND  ROUTE  MECHANICS  WANTED— JUKES, 
BINGOS.  UPRIGHTS,  Slots,  Flippers:  Good  Pay; 
Raises  according  to  results;  Apartment  furnished 
if  desired  and  air  fare  furnished.  SHELTON 
MUSIC  CO.,  PO  Box  803,  Agana,  Guam  96910. 
Phone  7726244. 


SCHOOL  FOR  GAMES  & MUSIC.  ONE  TO  FOUR  WEEK 
COURSES.  Phono’s,  Flippers,  and  Bingos.  By 
schematics!  CAL'S  COIN  COLLEGE,  P.O.  Box  810, 
Nicoma  Park,  Okla.  73066.  (405)  769-5343. 


WANTED:  QUALIFIED  MECHANIC— Music,  Games, 
Cigarettes;  California  Area.  Salary  Open,  Write 
to  us  at:  Box  919,  Cash  Box,  119  West  57th  St., 
NYC,  NY  10019. 


RECORDS-MUSIC 


ATTENTION  RECORD  COLLECTORS— Search  no  more 
for  RnB,  RnR,  Pop,  c/w,  rockabilly  oldies.  Send 
for  free  list.  Sevy  Alexander,  408  Pond  St., 
Franklin,  Mass.  02038. 


DJ'S.  Thanks  for  Spnning:  "FROM  DUST  TO  DUST” 
& “WARM  UP”  by  Jim  Dandy  & the  Sugar  Beats. 
For  free  copy  write  on  your  stationery  to: 
DADJO  RECORDS,  3118  S.  Jefferson,  Saginaw, 
Michigan  48601.  Available — distributorships. 


FANTASTIC  PRICE  REDUCTION!  “RECORD  RE- 
SEARCH” 

THE  REFERENCE  BOOK  OF  POP  RECORDS  1955- 
1970— Originally  $50.00— Now  $15.00.  Lists: 
•Chart  Rank*  ‘Date*  ‘Total  Weeks*  ‘Label*  of 
every  record  making  BillBoard’s  Hot  100  charts. 
RECORD  RESEARCH,  P.O.  Box  82,  Menomonee 
Falls,  Wise.  53051 


WANT  RECORDS:  45’S  AND  LP'S  SURPLUS  RE- 
TURNS, overstock  cut-outs.  et.  Call  or  write 
HARRY  WARRINER  at  KNICKERBOCKER  MUSIC 
CO.,  453  McLean  Ave.,  Yonkers.  New  York  10705 
(914)  GR  6-7778. 


USED  45  RPM  RECORDS.  ALL  TYPES  AS  THEY  RUN, 
right  off  the  route.  No  sorting  or  picking.  We  pay 
freight  from  anywhere  in  U.S.A.  Standing  order 
available  for  regular  shippers.  JALEN  AMUSE- 
MENT CO..  1215  HOWARD  STREET— BALTIMORE, 
MARYLAND  21230. 


WANTED  TO  BUY — OPE4  REEL  TAPES.  WHY  TIE  UP 
capital  investment  in  slow-moving  reel  tape  de- 
partment? We  will  buy  complete  inventories — 
large  or  small.  Send  detailed  lists  and  quan- 
tities. VARIETY  AUDIO  PRODUCTS-  170  Cen- 
tral Avenue.  Farmingdale.  N.Y.  11735.  516 — 
293-5858 


HOE  DOWN  FIDDLE  TUNES— COUNTRY— BLUE  GRASS 
— Record  Albums — Tape  Cartridges.  New  record- 
ings of  the  legendary  J.  E.  Mainer.  He  will 
scare  hell  out  of  you.  Wholesale  to  established 
Record  Stores.  UNCLE  JIM  O’NEAL,  Box  A-6, 
Arcadia,  California  91006. 


THE  GOLDEN  DISC,  WE  SPECIALIZE  IN  ROCK  'N 
Roll,  Rhythm  and  Blues,  Oldie  albums  and  45's. 
Send  $1.00  for  oldie  album  catalog.  Attention: 
Dave,  the  Album  Man.  163  West  10th  St.,  NYC 
10014. 


WE  BUY  NEW  AND  USED  ALBUMS— Promos,  review 
records,  anything  you  have.  Highest  prices  paid 
anywhere.  Immediate  Cash.  We  pick-up  In  New 
York  Area.  Can  arrange  shipping  From  Out  of 
Town.  Call  (212)  693-2251  or  256-0764.  Or  Write: 
Titus  Oaks,  362  Linden  Blvd.,  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 
11203. 


HOUSE  OF  OLDIES— We  are  the  World  Headquarters 
for  out  ot  print  LP's  and  45's.  Also,  the  largest 
selection  ot  Old  Rock  'n  Roll  and  Rhythm  and 
Blues  albums.  Compare  our  prices  for  oldie 
albums  before  shopping  elsewhere.  Send  for  our 
famous  catalog.  $1.25.  HOUSE  OF  OLDIES,  267 
Bleecker  St..  N.Y.,  N.Y.  10014.  Phone  (212)  243- 
0500.  “No  Foreign.” 


1971 — 125  Page  Soft  Cover — $6.50 — graphs  show 
weekly  Chart  Positions  of  all  734  records  from 
this  year’s  Hot  100-index  of  all  410  artists — #1 
Singles-selected  graphs  from  1956,  1961,  1966. 
CONVEX  INDUSTRIES,  Dept.  CB,  Boulder,  Colo- 
rado 80303. 


Clean  out  your  warehouse — We  Buy  your  surplus 
album  stocks.  Overstocks,  Cut  Outs,  Bankrupt 
Stock,  Promotional  Goods.  Clean  out  what  you 
can't  return  or  sell.  From  a thousand  to  a mil- 
lion. Scorpio  Distributors,  6612  Limekiln  Pike, 
Phila.,  Pa.  19138. 


LEADING  TAPE  & RECORD  DISTRIBUTOR  of  Major 
Brands,  Capitol,  Columbia,  RCA,  Decca,  etc., 
will  sell  current  merchandise  and  complete 
catalogue  at  lowest  prices.  $6.98  tapes  at 
$3.79  & $3.88;  $4.98  LP’s  at  $2.55;  $5.98  LP’s 
at  $3.05.  Send  for  other  specials  at  even 
lower  prices.  CANDY  STRIPE  RECORDS  INC., 
17  Alabama  Ave.,  Island  Park,  L.I.  NY  11558. 
(516)  432-0047-0048. 


SPOT  CASH  FOR  ALBUMS  or  8-TRACK  TAPES.  CUR- 
RENT MERCHANDISE,  Major  Labels,  Top  Artists. 
Small  or  Large  Lots— ZIP’s  RECORD  SHOPS,  1120 
E.  Sixth  St.,  Tucson,  Arizona  85719.  (602)  882- 
8324. 


MUSIC  BIBLE— Our  32  Page  Catalog  available, 
@ 500  to  collectors  or  dealers.  Records  from 
150  up.  We  buy  promotions,  cutouts  and  col- 
lections of  records  and  tapes.  KAPE,  Box  68C, 
Brooklyn,  NY  11214,  Phone  (212)  373-7903. 


M-O-R  AIN’T  WHAT  IT  USED  TO  BE!  THE  MUSIC 
DIRECTOR  Playlist  of  45’s  and  LP’s,  published 
each  week,  is  where  TODAY’S  M-O-R  is  at.  For 
information  and  a free  sample,  write:  THE 
MUSIC  DIRECTOR,  Box  177,  Chestnut  Hill,  Mass. 
02167. 


SERVICES 
COIN  MACHINE 


PIN  GAME  And  AMUSEMENT  BAR  HASPS.  Famous 
GAME  LOK  $7.70,  American  padlock  H-10  $4.45 
any  Quantity.  Try  our  prices  on  ALL  locks, 
Hasps  and  Alarm  products.  Request  catalog. 
VEND  SECURITY  SYSTEMS,  Box  133,  Audubon, 
NJ.  Tel  (609)  546-6636. 


LOCKS  KEYED  ALIKE.  SEND  LOCKS  AND  THE 
;y  you  want  them  mastered  to  $1.00  each  less 
3%  lots  of  50  or  more.  RANDEL  LOCK  SERVICE, 
i ROCKAWAY  AVENUE,  VALLEY  STREAM,  ^N.Y. 


For  over  twenty  years, 
wallbox  design  did  flip  flops. 
Until  Rock-Ola  discovered 
a whole  new  direction. 


The  506  Tri-Vue  is  here,  and  the 
pages  are  gone  forever. 


In  their  place,  unique  three-sided  title  strip 
holders  that  display  one-third  of  the 
entire  program  with  each  turn  of  the  program 
knob.  160  selections  visible  in  one  second. 


So  incredibly  simple,  it’s  a wonder  nobody  thought  of  it  before. 
The  compactness  of  the  Tri-Vue  program  system  allows 


for  the  shallowest  wallbox  design  ever. 
Only  5 3/4-inches  deep  at  the  base 
and  tapered  to  4 5/8  inches 
at  the  top. 


But  while  we  were  about  designing 
a wallbox  that  looked  different 
and  worked  differently,  we 
decided  to  clear  up  a few  more  old 
wallbox  problems. 


This  one  is  compatible.  It  works 
with  our  160  selection  jukebox 
and  our  100  selection  jukeboxes. 
With  solid  state  or  relay  receivers. 
New  or  old.  Even  intermixed  with 
existing  wallbox  installations. 


To  make  the  160-selection 
Tri-Vue  a 100-selection  wallbox, 
you  just  shift  one  jumper  wire  and 
adjust  the  program  holder. 

It  works  with  LP’s  or  singles. 


To  Change  the  program  strips,  simply  remove  the  entire  Tri-Vue 
program  mechanism,  sit  down  and  slip  in  the  strips.  It’s  the  fastest 

program  change  you  ever  made! 


And  you’ll  call  less  frequently  because 
the  cash  box  is  bigger  than 
you’re  accustomed  to. 


The  wallbox  revolution  is  on. 


You  can  join  it  at  your  Rock-Ola 
distributor’s  showroom. 


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THE  SOUND  ONE 


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